First two MH-60R accepted into NU SQDN 725 at NAS Jacksonville USA ...
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Australian Naval History on 7 December 2013
End of operation RENDER SAFE, an annual, Australian-led operation to help remove the explosive remnants of World War II (WWII) from the South West Pacific during which HMAS Labuan II ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 2013
808 Squadron was recommissioned at HMAS Albatross to fly the MRH-90 Taipan ...
Australian Naval History on 12 December 2012
HMAS Balikpapan, along with her sister ship HMAS Betano, decommissioned in Darwin ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 2012
HMAS Wewak decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 22 July 2012
HMAS Anzac (III) deployed to the Middle East region for Operation SLIPPER. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 2011
817 squadron decommissioned and last Sea Kings withdrawn from RAN service ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 2011
HMAS Choules commissioned into the RAN. The ship originally entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on 28 November 2006 as RFA Largs Bay (L3006) ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 2011
HMAS Kanimbla II decommissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 May 2011
HMAS Manoora II decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 19 May 2011
HMAS Toowoomba II departed Australia for the Middle East region under Operation SLIPPER. HMAS Toowoomba II was Navy’s 50th individual ship deployment to the Middle East region since 1990 ...
Australian Naval History on 5 May 2011
Death of Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules at age 110. Born on 3 March 1901 Choules was at the time of his death was the oldest combat veteran of the ...
Australian Naval History on 13 April 2011
HMAS Adelaide II was scuttled as a dive wreck off Avoca, New South Wales ...
Australian Naval History on 28 January 2011
808 Squadron recommissioned into the Fleet Air Arm at Nowra to fly the MRH-90 Taipan ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 2009
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 commenced flying for the R.A.N. Hydrography Institute. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 2009
HMAS Canberra II was scuttled in 28 metres of water off Ocean Grove, Victoria to create an artificial reef and diving site. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 June 2009
HMAS Toowoomba II departed for the Middle East region. Toowoomba’s deployment was the Navy’s 45th individual ship deployment to the Middle East region since 1990 ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 2009
Whilst transiting the ‘Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor’ in the Gulf of Aden, HMA Ships Sydney IV and Ballarat II came to the assistance of a merchant vessel, MV Dubai Princess, ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 2008
805 Squadron decommissioned at NAS Nowra after the Super Sea Sprite program was cancelled in March 2008 ...
Australian Naval History on 22 February 2008
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS GLENELG was commissioned at Port Adelaide, South Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 January 2008
HMAS Adelaide II decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 18 December 2007
The first two MRH-90 Taipan were accepted into service in Brisbane ...
Australian Naval History on 8 December 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS MARYBOROUGH was commissioned ar Brisbane, Queensland. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 September 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS LAUNCESTON was commissioned at Launceston, Tasmania. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 July 2007
The Armidale class patrol frigate HMAS CHILDERS was commissioned at Cairns, Queensland. ...