The term WRAN in female rank titles was abolished. (*Actual day of month unknown) ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1991
The hydrographic ships BENALLA and SHEPPARTON sailed from Cairns, QLD, for a three month survey in Papua New Guinea waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1991
The ships’ companies of RAN vessels which participated in Operation Damask, in the Red Sea, were honoured by a ‘Welcome Home’ march through the streets of Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1991
CMDR J. Parker, and CPO Darryl Dilger, arrived in Bahrain as the Australian representatives in the Allied Chemical and Biological Weapons Inspection Team. CPO Dilger was awarded the Australian Service ...
Australian Naval History on 20 July 1991
HMAS GERALDTON, (patrol boat), was dispatched to sea to act as a communication link between the disabled Greek tanker KURKI, disabled off the coast of WA, and shore stations. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 July 1991
The RAN presented a collection of relics from the Gulf War to the Australian War Memorial at Canberra. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 1991
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), was the first ship of the RAN to visit the German naval port of Kiel. The Australians were welcomed by survivors of the German raider ...
Australian Naval History on 10 July 1991
The 80th Anniversary of the formation of the RAN was celebrated on this day. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), rescued the pilot of a Singapore Air Force F-16 aircraft, which crashed into the sea after a mid-air collision. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1991
HMAS Brisbane departed Sydney for her final voyage, a circumnavigation of Australia and New Zealand ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1991
HMAS STUART, (destroyer escort), decommissioned at HMAS Stirling, WA. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 June 1991
HMAS DARWIN, (guided missile frigate), led the merchant ships AL SALAM and SANDGATE through a deep water channel in a minefield off Kuwait. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1991
The Naval Dockyard Police and Coxswains categories amalgamated to form the Naval Police Coxswain category ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and HMAS ADELAIDE, (guided missile frigate), made a goodwill visit to Phuket Island, Thailand. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 June 1991
RAN ships PALUMA and MERMAID, (survey vessels), made a goodwill visit to the Aboriginal community at Milikipati, on Melville Island. The ships were surveying in the area. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 June 1991
HMAS Westralia (II) returned to Australia on completion of her participation in Operation DAMASK II. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 1991
HMAS DARWIN, (guided missile frigate), arrived in the Arabian Gulf to relieve HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer). BRISBANE was the only RAN destroyer to see service in the Arabian Gulf. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 June 1991
During Operation Gulf Storm, HMAS BENDIGO, (patrol boat), intercepted and boarded the first of 42 foreign fishing vessels intruding in Australian waters, off the east coast of Tasmania. This training ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1991
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (training ship), arrived at Honiara, (Solomon Islands), for a goodwill visit to the area. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), arrived at the port of Pireaus, Greece, to take part in the 50th Anniversary commemorations of the Greece and Crete Campaigns. During her time in ...
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1991
Sea King helicopters from 817 Squadron, (RAN), rescued 38 people cut off by flood waters on the NSW south coast. The Squadron was later awarded a NSW Police Commendation for ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1991
HMAS BRISANE, (guided missile destroyer), and HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), returned to their home port of Sydney, after serving in the Persian Gulf during Operation Damask, (1st Gulf War). ...
Australian Naval History on 4 April 1991
The battleship USS MISSOURI visited Fremantle, WA on her return to her base of San Diego after Gulf War service. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1991
VADM I.D.G. MacDougall is appointed Chief of Naval Staff. He was the first RAN submariner to reach this position. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 March 1991
VADM M. Hudson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on his retirement as Chief of Naval Staff. At that time, he was the third officer of the RAN to ...