Australian Naval History on 24 July 1976

On This Day · Jul 24, 1976 ·

The Japanese cargo ship BLUE ANDROMEDA, struck HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), in Sydney Harbour. Damage was minor. ...

Australian Naval History on 17 July 1976

On This Day · Jul 17, 1976 ·

HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), arrived at Bali to assist the earthquake-devastated island. 500 people were killed and 2500 injured in the catastrophe. ...

Australian Naval History on 15 July 1976

On This Day · Jul 15, 1976 ·

HMAS YARRA, (destroyer escort), located the disabled yacht MARQUEEN in heavy seas off the Queensland coast. The yacht was towed to Trial Bay, NSW. ...

Australian Naval History on 1 July 1976

On This Day · Jul 1, 1976 ·

Royal Australian Naval House, ‘Johnnie’s’, was handed back to the NSW Government. ...

A Battleship for the RAN – considerations 1937-49

Grazebrook, A.W., Lietutenant Commander · Jun 19, 1976 ·

‘I have not dwelt on the strategic value of a (RAN) capital ship at Singapore as that is so obvious from our point of view. The presence of the battle ...

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The Mystery of Airship R31

Payne, Alan · Jun 19, 1976 ·

THERE ARE SEVERAL MYSTERIES about the design, construction and eventual fate of the British Naval airship R31. Completed at Bedford, England, just before the Armistice in 1918, the R31 Class ...

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The Sea War in Korea 1950 – 1953

Murray, D.S., Rear Admiral · Jun 19, 1976 ·

Rear Admiral D. S. Murray is Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. He served as ADO in HMAS Sydney during the Korean conflict and was Mentioned in Despatches. His commands in ...

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Australian Naval History on 8 June 1976

On This Day · Jun 8, 1976 ·

The RAN Support Element, Singapore, was formed. Known as RANLO, Singapore, the unit is responsible for logistics support to RAN ships and units visiting Singapore, and operating in the wider ...

Spectacle Island Command 1894 – 1900

Capper, Lieutenant Commander · Mar 30, 1976 ·

Lieutenant Commander Capper assumed command of Her Majesty’s Magazine and Ordnance Depot on March 1895. Capper was one of the first lower deck men to be commissioned in the Royal ...

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Boxer Rebellion Journal

Murmin, Midshipman C.E. NSW Naval Brigade · Mar 30, 1976 ·

Midshipman Murmin was an officer of the NSW Naval Brigade contingent which sailed in the troopship, Salamis, for China on 8th August 1900. The Australians arrived too late to become ...

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Alan Payne – Naval Constructor Supreme

Payne, Alan · Mar 30, 1976 ·

A naval constructor may at first glance appear an odd subject for biography but there was nothing odd about Britain’s greatest builder of modern ships, Stephen Payne. This is the ...

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The Fleet off Crete

Lind, L.J. · Mar 30, 1976 ·

This extract from the address The Land and Sea Battle for Crete illustrates the great difficulties under which the Royal Navy operated in the Mediterranean in 1941. In this campaign, ...

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HMAS Cape Leeuwin

Rowell, J · Mar 30, 1976 ·

The Cape Leeuwin was built by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. in 1925 for the lighthouse service. Commissioned in 1943 she served in New Guinea and the Philippines. She was ...

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Ship Badges – Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Mar 20, 1976 ·

HMAS Penguin, the Navy’s depot at Balmoral on Sydney Harbour, celebrated its 30th Anniversary in July 1972. The name Penguin goes back to 1831 and has been handed down through ...

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Australian Naval History on 18 February 1976

On This Day · Feb 18, 1976 ·

The Minister for Defence, Mr. D. J. Killen, announced the Australian Government’s decision to purchase two guided missile frigates from the USA. ...

Australian Naval History on 9 February 1976

On This Day · Feb 9, 1976 ·

The Australian Naval Board flag was lowered for the last time. The flag’s design dated back to the 17th century. The Defence Reorganisation Act gave the Chiefs of Staff direct ...

Australian Naval History on 2 February 1976

On This Day · Feb 2, 1976 ·

817 squadron re-equipped with the larger Sea King helicopter, which greatly improved the RAN’s anti-submarine warfare capability. ...

The Entire Convoy was Sunk

Collins, R.A.C., Able Seaman, RAN · Dec 31, 1975 ·

Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...

The Indian Navy

Grazebrook, A.W., Lietutenant Commander · Dec 31, 1975 ·

IN THE THIRTY YEARS since 1945, the Indian Navy has developed from a force of sloops, minesweeper and trawlers to an independent oceangoing Navy, operating its own carrier task force, ...

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Captain A.S. Rosenthal DSO and Bar, OBE, RAN

Parker, R.G., OBE, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 31, 1975 ·

ALVORD SYDNEY ROSENTHAL was born in Sydney on 16th January 1901. He came from a distinguished military family, being the younger son of Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal, a Divisional Commander ...

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The Catapult Fighters

Payne, Alan · Dec 31, 1975 ·

For two years during World War II, from 1941 to 1943, the Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships, assisted by Fighter Catapult Ships of the Royal Navy, played an important role in ...

Battle Cruisers in Collision

Ross, Trevor Wilson, OBE, Captain, RAN · Dec 31, 1975 ·

By some remarkable coincidences no Australian warships took part in the Battle of Jutland. Due to a collision HMAS Australia and HMS New Zealand missed the action. ON 21ST APRIL ...

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Australians at Zeebrugge

Burness, Peter · Dec 31, 1975 ·

Reprinted by kind permission of Editor of ‘Despatch’ ZEEBRUGGE LAY ON THE BELGIAN COAST at the mouth of the inland port of Bruges, a major German U-boat base. Operating out ...

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HMAS Perth Loses her Walrus

Bowden, D.M., PO (Telegraphist), RAN · Dec 31, 1975 ·

SHORTLY AFTER HER ARRIVAL in Alexandria, HMAS Perth was ordered to Suda Bay in Crete, to detach the A/C for land-based operations. She arrived in that port on 1st January ...

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Australian Naval History on 27 December 1975

On This Day · Dec 27, 1975 ·

725 Squadron, flying the Wessex, decommissioned ...

Australian Naval History on 24 July 1976

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