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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 ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1991
The keel of the second Collins Class submarine, HMAS FARNCOMB, was laid at Osborne, South Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 February 1991
Sunday, 10 February 1991 marked the 27th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Voyager (II). A large contingent of survivors embarked in Swan at Port Kembla to take passage to ...
Australian Naval History on 26 January 1991
HMAS WESTRALIA, (tanker), entered the operational area of the Arabian Gulf. She served in the area for over 100 days, as part of Operation Damask, and supplied a variety of ...
Australian Naval History on 17 January 1991
During Operation DESERT STORM HMA Ships Sydney and Brisbane formed part of the air defence screen around Battle Force Zulu, in the Arabian Gulf, which included up to three USN ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1991
The UN deadline for Iraq to remove it’s troops from Kuwait passed and Operation Desert Storm commenced. Australian ships in the Gulf were part of the force screening the aircraft ...
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1991
HMAS Parramatta was decommissioned. Parramatta was subsequently sold to a Pakistani company and towed from Australia October 1991 to be broken up. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 January 1991
HMAS Westralia II departed HMAS Stirling for the Arabian Gulf, arriving in the Middle East Area of Operations on Australia Day 1991, nine days after the commencement of military action ...
Australian Naval History on 12 November 1990
HMA Ships BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), and SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), sailed from Sydney to relieve HMA Ships ADELAIDE and DARWIN, (guided missile frigates), in the multi-national naval force in ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1990
The RAN purchased MV BLUE NABILLA from the National Safety Council of Victoria, after its demise. She was later renamed PROTECTOR. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 September 1990
Third Officer Ruby O. Boye-Jones, BEM, WRANS, the only woman to serve as a coastwatcher in a battle zone in the Pacific in WWII, died at the age of 99 ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1990
Australia and the world paid their last respects to the late RADM Sir David Martin, RAN, Governor of New South Wales, at a State Funeral held in Sydney. The Prime ...
Australian Naval History on 10 August 1990
The first RAN representative to be appointed Governor of New South Wales, RADM Sir David Martin, AO, KCMG, died in office at Sydney. ...