HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), bombarded enemy troop assembly points near Nui Dat, Vietnam, in support of attacks by the 1st Australian Task Force. PERTH destroyed buildings, wells, bridges, and ...
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Australian Naval History on 16 February 1970
Fast troop transport HMAS SYDNEY leaves Garden Island, Sydney for Vietnam with the 7th Bn RAR. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 February 1970
RAN Clearance Diving Team 3 completed a nine-day search-and-destroy operation in the Phu Cuong area of Vietnam. The team destroyed three enemy bunkers and a large quantity of ordnance. Three ...
Australian Naval History on 1 February 1970
HMAS PERTH (guided missile destroyer), apprehended and boarded a fishing vessel off Phu Quoc Island and escorted it to port for interrogation. The Vietnamese crew claimed it was carrying an ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1970
The River class, (modified type 12 frigate), destroyer escort, HMAS SWAN, (CMDR D. W. Falconer, RAN), was commissioned. SWAN was laid down in Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, on 18 August 1965, ...
Australian Naval History on 14 January 1970
The following awards for gallantry were announced for rescue operations after the collision of HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and the USS FRANK E EVANS, (destroyer):-GM LCDR R. J. Burns RANAFC ...
Australian Naval History on 9 January 1970
The following awards were announced for service in Vietnamese waters:-BEM CPO H. E. Frey, (HMAS PERTH)MID CAPT A. A. Willis, (HMAS HOBART)MID LCDR R. G. Taylor, (HMAS HOBART)LCDR Taylor later ...
Australian Naval History on 6 January 1970
RADM H. D. Stevenson was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1970
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), observed a three hour ceasefire for the New Year off Phan Thiet, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 December 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), was Navy gunfire ship for US II Corps’ operations in Vietnam. ...