HMAS ACUTE, (patrol boat),was paid off in Darwin and commissioned into the Indonesian Navy as the KRI SILEA. She joined her sistership, HMAS BARRICADE, renamed KRI SIGALU, which was given ...
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Australian Naval History on 28 April 1983
HMAS BENDIGO, (Fremantle class patrol boat), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1983
The Australian Government announced that HMS INVINCIBLE, (aircraft carrier), would be renamed HMAS AUSTRALIA when she joined the RAN. As a result of the Falkland’s War the British Government decided to retain ...
Australian Naval History on 5 March 1983
HMAS CESSNOCK, (Fremantle class patrol boat), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 January 1983
LEUT G. A. Ledger, RAN, piloted an Iroquois helicopter in a hazardous night operation to rescue 13 passengers trapped in four cable cars over Keppel Harbour in Singapore, during a ...
Australian Naval History on 17 December 1982
HMAS Banks ceased to be a commissioned ship of the RAN , but this was not the end of her sea going career as she was retained in service, performing ...
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1982
The Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS IPSWICH, was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 November 1982
The RAN’s three torpedo recovery vessels, TRV 801, TRV 802, and TRV 803, were named TUNA, TREVALLY, and TAILOR, respectively. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 October 1982
HMAS SWAN, (destroyer escort), was the largest warship docked at the port of Fremantle to this date. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 October 1982
HMA Ships SNIPE and CURLEW, (minehunters), based at HMAS Cairns, detonated a WWII mine on Ribbon Reef, north of Cooktown, QLD. ...