HMAS IPSWICH, (patrol boat), apprehended an Indonesian fishing vessel poaching in the Australian Fishing Zone, after a game of hide and seek in mangrove swamps. The vessel was escorted to ...
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Australian Naval History on 18 March 1984
HMAS CESSNOCK, (patrol boat), provided relief aid and communications when Cyclone Kathy devastated communities on the Gulf of Carpentaria. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 March 1984
The Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS DUBBO, was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 March 1984
HMAS SUCCESS, (Durance Class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment), was launched at Cockatoo Island Dockyard by Lady Helen Stephens, (wife of the Governor General Sir Ninian Stephens). At the time she was ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1984
First Aerospatiale AS350B Squirrel delivered to RAN FAA ...
Australian Naval History on 14 February 1984
A Sydney-based syndicate announced plans to acquire the aircraft carrier, HMAS MELBOURNE for conversion to a floating gambling casino to be moored outside territorial waters off Eden, NSW. The far-fetched ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1984
Ships of the RAN were placed on standby for a possible rescue mission following reports of earthquakes close to Rabaul. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1984
816 Squadron, equipped with Westland Wessex Mk.31B helicopters, commissioned at Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1984
HMAS DUBBO, (Fremantle class patrol boat), was launched at Cairns, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1984
The destroyer escort HMAS STUART, (CMDR. C. Barrie, RAN), became the first large RAN warship to be home-ported on the Australian west coast. ...