HMAS Parramatta was decommissioned. Parramatta was subsequently sold to a Pakistani company and towed from Australia October 1991 to be broken up. ...
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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. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1990
HMAS BANDICOOT, (mine countermeasures vessel), was accepted for service at Singapore. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 August 1990
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), passed through the Panama Canal to San Diego. She was the first RAN ship to transit the canal in 15 years. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1990
The new ship WALLAROO, (mine counter-measures vessel), was transferred to the RAN at Singapore. ...