HMAS Bataan sailed from Hong Kong for home after eleven months service with the United Nations in Korean waters. Bataan was en route to Japan for her sixth post-war tour ...
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Australian Naval History on 9 April 1951
HMS DUCHESS, (Daring class destroyer), was launched at Thorneycroft’s Yard, England. DUCHESS was loaned to the RAN to replace HMAS VOYAGER, (destroyer), which had been sunk in 1964 during a ...
Australian Naval History on 14 March 1951
The Battle class destroyer HMAS ANZAC, (CMDR J. Plunket-Cole, RAN), was commissioned. ANZAC was laid down in Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne, on 23 September 1946, and launched on 20 August 1948. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1951
HMAS LABUAN, (tank landing ship), arrived at Fremantle from Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1951
At Sasebo HMAS Bataan met her namesake, the United States light carrier USS Bataan, which had been operating in Korean waters for several weeks. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1951
HMAS Cowra recommissioned as a Training Ship for National Service Ratings ...
Australian Naval History on 5 February 1951
The destroyers, HMAS WARRAMUNGA and USS LIND, inflicted heavy damage and casualties on North Korean forces when they foiled an attempted ambush. The ships were returning to a pre-arranged rendezvous ...
Australian Naval History on 29 January 1951
The flagship, HMAS AUSTRALIA, led the international fleet gathered in Sydney Harbour to celebrate Australia’s Golden Jubilee. The fleet consisted of:- HMA Ships:- CONDAMINE, CULGOA, GLADSTONE, LATROBE, SHOALHAVEN, SYDNEY, and ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1951
The evacuation of Inchon, Korea, was completed. HMA Ships BATAAN and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers) assisted US, British and Dutch ships to evacuate nearly 70000 personnel. Over 1400 vehicles, and 63000 tons ...
Australian Naval History on 23 December 1950
Blair Bowden was appointed the first Director of the permanent WRANS with the rank of First Officer. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1950
HMA Ships BATAAN and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), assisted the Commonwealth Fleet in evacuating Chinnampo, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 November 1950
The British Commonwealth Brigade, holding Chinese Communist troops on the Chongchon River in Korea, called for naval gun support. HMA Ships WARRAMUNGA and SHOALHAVEN were deployed with the UN Fleet ...
Australian Naval History on 12 October 1950
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (destroyer), operating with the American Task Force, bombarded the North Korean industrial city of Chengjin, 55 km from the Manchurian border. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1950
HMAS Bataan in company with HMCS Athabaskan assumed responsibility for blockading the Kunsan area. On the same day, both ships carried out an intensive bombardment of Youjiko To Island where ...
Australian Naval History on 15 September 1950
HMA Ships BATAAN and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), operated with the bombardment fleet off Wonsan, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 1950
The frigate HMAS SHOALHAVEN, (CMDR I. H. McDonald), joined the Commonwealth Fleet blockading the coast of Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1950
HMAS Australia (II) was engaged in a mercy mission to the Australian Antarctic base at Heard Island where a member of the staff, Dr Serge Udovikoff, was ill. Apart from ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1950
The cruiser HMAS AUSTRALIA, (CAPT G. Oldham), sailed from Melbourne carrying two medical officers and supplies for the Australian Antarctic Expedition on Heard Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1950
HMAS Bataan completed her first operational patrol of the Korean War, during which she conducted escort duties in the Korean Strait and for the amphibious landing at Pohang Dong. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1950
HMAS BATAAN, (Battle class destroyer), bombarded Pohang, Korea, as a unit of Task Group 96.5. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1950
UN operations in Korea commenced. HMA Ships ANZAC, ARUNTA, BATAAN, CONDAMINE, CULGOA, MURCHISON, SHOALHAVEN, SYDNEY, TOBRUK, and WARRAMUNGA, operated with the Commonwealth Task Force. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1950
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, announced that HMA Ships BATAAN, (destroyer), and SHOALHAVEN, (frigate), operating in far eastern waters, had been placed at the disposal of the ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1950
The Australian Naval Board signalled VADM Turner Joy, USN Commander in the Far East; ‘Her Majesty’s Australian ships in Japan are placed unreservedly at your disposal as you may wish’. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1950
RAN Trainee Pilot Garth Eldering was on an ocean navigation exercise off the coast of Scotland when his Seafire aircraft is believed to have crashed into the sea. RAN Trainee ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1950
The Chinese merchant vessel SANTOS, ex-HMAS ORARA, (minesweeper), struck a mine and sank with a heavy loss of life in the mouth of the Yang Tse River, China. ORARA was ...