LEUT J. F. Bell, RAN, qualified as the first officer in the RAN to be trained in ship construction. He achieved the highest marks in his course. ...
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Australian Naval History on 12 July 1946
HMAS Cessnock paid off at Sydney. She was sold on 23 April 1947 to the Nan Chiao Shipping and Salvage Co Ltd, Shanghai, for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1946
HMA Ships QUADRANT and QUEENBOROUGH, (destroyers), were docked in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island. They were the first ships of the RAN to use the dock. All ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1946
At Colombo HMA Ships Ipswich, Burnie and Toowoomba paid off and were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy. Burnie was renamed Ceram. Ipswich was renamed Morotai. In 1949 the ship ...
Australian Naval History on 4 July 1946
HMA LST 3035 , ex HM LST 3035, commissioned into the RAN in Ceylon while in Walkers Graving Dock. She was later renamed HMAS Lae. HMA LST 3017 , ex ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1946
HMAS Lismore paid off at Trincomalee. The same day she commissioned as HNMS Batjan having steamed 191,132 miles as a unit of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1946
The landing ships tank Mark III, LST 3008, LST 3014, LST 3017, LST 3022, LST 3035 and LST 3501 were loaned to the RAN by the RN. They were designated ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1946
The diesel tug HMAS MOLLYMAWK, was commissioned. MOLLYMAWK was laid down in Poole & Steel Ltd, Sydney, and launched on 3 May 1946. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 June 1946
HMAS Geraldton paid off at Colombo and on 24 August 1946 she was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed Antalya. After her sister ship Ayvalik (ex HMAS Gawler) was ...
Australian Naval History on 8 June 1946
The Dutch submarine K9 was wrecked off Seal Rocks, NSW, while under tow to the Netherlands East Indies. ...