HMAS OXLEY, (Oberon class submarine), the first of eight to be built in Greenock, Scotland for the RAN, arrived in Brisbane. ...
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Australian Naval History on 10 August 1967
Two RAN Clearance Divers drowned in a night exercise off Jervis Bay, NSW. Their bodies were recovered on 28 August. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1967
The second inquiry into the HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and USS FRANK E. EVANS, (destroyer), collision, continued in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 August 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), with US Ships ST PAUL and BLUE, were fired on by North Vietnamese coastal batteries near Cap Bang, Vietnam. Enemy shells landed within 50 metres ...
Australian Naval History on 29 July 1967
Surgeon LEUT L. Barnett, RAN, of HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was transferred by helicopter to the burning USS FORRESTAL, (aircraft carrier), in the Gulf of Tonkin, to treat casualties. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1967
Delivery of the RAN’s first ten Skyhawks, eight A4Gs and two TA4Gs, began ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1967
The second inquiry into the causes of the collision between HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and HMAS VOYAGER, (Daring class destroyer), opened in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 July 1967
The Minister for Defence, Mr Allen Fairhall, responded to the US request by announcing that the RAN would provide eight pilots, four observers, 24 maintenance personnel, four air crewmen and ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS EDSON, fired on a petroleum store, sank two large enemy landing craft, damaged four more, scattered a truck convoy, and disrupted North Vietnamese ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1967
HMAS ANZAC, (Battle class destroyer), represented Australia at the coronation of King Taufa Ahou Toupou IV, of Tonga. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1967
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (oceanographic survey ship), reported possible new sources of food in samples taken at depths of 7,300 m, off Noumea. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 May 1967
North Vietnamese shore batteries fired on HMAS HOBART, and USS FECHTELER, (destroyers), in the Bay of Brandon area, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1967
Three divers of Clearance Diving Team 3 were flown to Phu Loi, Vietnam, to recover a Chinook helicopter which had crashed into the sea. The team recovered the bodies of ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was fired on by 15 enemy coastal batteries while attacking Vietnamese positions at True Li, Vietnam. Thirty-five enemy shells landed within 50 metres of the ...
Australian Naval History on 11 May 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was bracketed by 50 shells from North Vietnamese coastal batteries at Kien Giang, Vietnam. HOBART replied with 67 rounds of rapid fire, and withdrew undamaged. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 May 1967
HMAS BOONAROO, (ammunition supply ship), was paid off and returned to her owners. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1967
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. D. Chipp, commended HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), on the rescue of a seriously ill scientist at Macquarie Island. PERTH steamed through heavy gales ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS COLLETT, came under fire from enemy coastal batteries off Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), came under North Vietnamese battery fire when she closed the coast to engage enemy barges. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 April 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), fired on enemy truck parks and petrol stores at Xom Vinh and Quan Tay, Vietnam. HOBART was the ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), fired her 1000th round in Vietnam while supporting the US 1st Air Cavalry Division near Duc Pho. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), fired the first RAN shots in the Vietnam War. The destroyer provided support fire for an attack by the US Marines 37 Battalion at Da ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1967
Clearance Diving Team 3 carried out their first underwater examination of a ship in the Vietnam War at Vung Tau. The vessel was the Australian ship MV JEPARIT, later to ...
Australian Naval History on 27 March 1967
The Oberon class submarine HMAS OXLEY, (LCDR D. H. Lorrimer, RAN), was commissioned. OXLEY was laid down at Scott’s Yard, Greenock, Scotland, on 2 July 1964, and launched on 24 ...
Australian Naval History on 10 March 1967
HMAS BOONAROO departed Port Wilson, VIC, on her first and only voyage to South Vietnam. A general freighter of the Australian National Line (ANL) she had been commissioned nine days ...