During exercises in the Indian Ocean, a Sea King helicopter from HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), crashed into the ocean. None of the crew were injured, and they were quickly rescued ...
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Australian Naval History on 2 May 1977
HMAS SWAN sailed in response to an urgent request for medical assistance from SS Austral Moon. Two crew members had suffered serious injuries when the 30,000 tonne American freighter encountered ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1977
HMAS SWAN, (destroyer escort), was dispatched to render aid to an injured seaman in the US merchant ship AUSTRAL MOON, in the Tasman Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1977
RADM N. E. McDonald was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 April 1977
HMAS DERWENT, (destroyer escort), rendered aid to the disabled World War II landing ship, MV VALASNA, 40 miles east of Singapore. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1977
The Minister for Defence, Mr D J Killen, announced the purchase of the roll-on, roll-off vehicular/passenger ship AUSTRALIAN TRADER for conversion to a training ship for the RAN. The ship ...
Australian Naval History on 9 December 1976
HMAS DOOMBA, (minesweeper), was scuttled off Dee Why, NSW. DOOMBA had been built in 1919, and commissioned as HMS WEXFORD, but was sold in 1921 to the Doomba Shipping Company ...
Australian Naval History on 7 December 1976
HMAS ASSAIL, (patrol boat), surveyed the Alligator River, NT. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1976
Twelve of the RAN’s Tracker anti-submarine aircraft were destroyed in a disastrous fire at HMAS ALBATROSS, Nowra, NSW. The combined strength of Fleet Air Arm Squadrons 816 and 851 was ...
Australian Naval History on 23 November 1976
VADM Sir Anthony Synnot is appointed Chief of Naval Staff. ...