The Minister for Defence, Mr. D. J. Killen, announced the expenditure of $1,065 million for the building of four guided missile frigates and support equipment. ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 25 March 1980
The Minister for Defence, Mr. D. J. Killen, announced Government plans to increase the RAN’s strength in ships, weapons and establishments. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 March 1980
The patrol boat HMAS FREMANTLE, (LEUT R. Thomas, RAN), the lead ship of the Fremantle class patrol boats was commissioned at Lowestoft, England. A publicity hoax claiming the discovery of ...
Australian Naval History on 13 March 1980
AB J. Stewart was lost overboard from HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), 120 miles north-west of Honolulu before midnight on 12/3/1980, and was picked up 12 hours later by USS ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1980
HMAS TOBRUK, (amphibious heavy lift ship), was launched at Newcastle, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 February 1980
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (oceanographic research ship), and the last World War II ship in commission in the RAN, was paid off for disposal at Garden Island, Sydney. She had steamed 615,755 ...
Australian Naval History on 19 February 1980
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. M. Fraser, announced plans for increasing the size of the RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1980
The keel for HMAS SYDNEY, the third guided missile frigate ordered from the USA, was laid at Seattle, USA. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 January 1980
A contingent of nine RAN officers sailed in the Antarctic relief ship NANOK S for a 40-day deployment in Australia’s Antarctic bases of Casey and Mawson. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 December 1979
Iroquois helicopters from No. 723 Squadron, and 150 personnel from RAN ships and establishments fought disastrous bushfires in the Sydney metropolitan area. ...