Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, unveiled the National Naval Memorial at Canberra. ...
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Australian Naval History on 7 March 1986
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presented new Royal Colours to the RAN at a ceremony held at HMAS CRESWELL. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 February 1986
HMA Ships IPSWICH, DUBBO, CAIRNS, and BENDIGO, (patrol boats), assessed the damage and rendered assistance to civil authorities in Northern Australia in the wake of Cyclone Winifred. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 January 1986
HMA Ships HOBART, SYDNEY, PARRAMATTA, DERWENT, and VAMPIRE, and aircraft of No.817 Squadron were dispatched to search for an F111 bomber which crashed into the sea off Bateman’s Bay, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 January 1986
Editors Note: This event was incorrectly tagged as have occurred on 24 January 1986. This was incorrect, the event occurred on 24 October 1986. An automatic redirection has been created. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1985
HMAS SUPPLY was paid off into reserve at Sydney. She had steamed 667,421 miles at an average speed of 12.84 knots and completed 3401 underway replenishments at sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 December 1985
HMAS STALWART, (maintenance ship), made an emergency voyage to Macquarie Island for ANARE to land Christmas stores for the staff, when the Antarctic supply ship NELLA DAN developed defects. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 November 1985
HMAS YARRA, (destroyer escort), was paid off into reserve at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 November1985
HMAS OVENS, (Oberon class submarine), made the first of the RAN’s sub-surface firings of the UGM48 Harpoon anti-ship missile. This was also the first Harpoon firing from a conventional submarine. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1985
An American Remote Controlled Undersea Vehicle conducted a search of the sea floor of St. George’s Channel at Simpsonhaven, New Britain for the wreck of the Australian submarine AE1, lost ...