HMAS OVENS, (Oberon class submarine), decommissioned at HMAS STIRLING, WA. ...
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Australian Naval History on 24 October 1995
The last of twenty Pacific patrol boats built in Australia for presentation to developing nations in the Pacific will have raised their new national flags. The PPB’s were built for ...
Australian Naval History on 13 April 1995
RADM C. J. Oxenbould, AO, RAN, was appointed as Maritime Commander, Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1995
MSA KORAAGA, (auxiliary minesweeper), discovered the wreck of the hospital ship CENTAUR, 9.3 nautical miles due east of Cape Moreton, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1994
The landing platform amphibious HMAS MANOORA, was commissioned. MANOORA was the former USS FAIRFAX COUNTY, (THSS), which had been commissioned into the USN in 1971. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 November 1994
HMAS Kanimbla II arrived in Sydney for the first time after commissioning in the United States. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 November 1994
The Fringe Benefits Tax Act Amendment raised the RAN’s liability from $11 million to $21 million per annum. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 October 1994
Bitter controversy between the Prime Minister, Paul Keating, and the former Prime Minister, Robert Hawke, was sparked on the responsibility of involving RAN ships in the Gulf War. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1994
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), recovered wreckage from a small airliner which crashed into the Tasman Sea, while on passage from Sydney to Lord Howe Island. Nine passengers and crew ...
Australian Naval History on 16 September 1994
HMAS ANZAC, lead ship in the RAN’s 2035 ton light frigate class, was launched by Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Staham, (nee Bullwinkle), one of the survivors of a group of Australian ...