HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), collided with the ferry BELLUBERA in Sydney Harbour. There was no loss of life. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1970
Australian Naval History on 22 February 1970
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 ...
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. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 December 1969
RAN Chaplains Reverend L. Breslan, and the Reverend A. Batt celebrated mass and holy communion in HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), some six miles off the Vietnam coast. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 December 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), observed the Christmas ceasefire which came into force at 1800. VENDETTA withdrew some six miles off the fire line on the Vietnam coast. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 December 1969
The Oberon class submarine HMAS ONSLOW, (LCDR C. Nixon-Eckersall, RN), was commissioned at Greenock, Scotland. ONSLOW was laid down in Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock, Scotland, on 26 ...
Australian Naval History on 21 December 1969
HMAS JEPARIT, the former Australian National line 6,341 ton general purpose bulk carrier, reported fully loaded and ready for sea. The ship was the subject of union disputes from August, ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 1969
The supply ship HMAS JEPARIT, (CMDR R. E. Bourke, RAN), was commissioned. JEPARIT was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, as a bulk-carrier, and launched on 5 October 1963. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 December 1969
The first Australian chart published in metric measurement was issued by the RAN Hydrographic Office. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 November 1969
The Daring class destroyer HMAS VENDETTA, (CMDR E. E. Johnston, RAN), withdrew from the fire-line off Tuy Hoa in Vietnam, in the face of increasing gales, fog and rain. She ...
Australian Naval History on 19 November 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), supported South Vietnamese battalions in a night action to the west of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. VENDETTA was the only British-design ship employed in operations in ...
1969 The Vung Tau Ferry
HMAS Sydney (III) in her configuration as a Fast Troop Transport undertook numerous voyages to Vietnam between 1965-1972. This short video records the voyage undertaken between 15 November 1969 – ...
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), operated as Navy gunfire ship for US Infantry Corps’ operations in Vietnam. Wessex N7-211 was lost in dramatic circumstances east of Jervis Bay. While conducted ...
Australian Naval History on 7 November 1969
HMAS Gull was paid off into operational reserve having steamed 199,042.7 nautical miles in almost seven years of active service. In a fitting postscript, Gull was awarded the Kelly Shield ...
Australian Naval History on 17 October 1969
The following gallantry awards were made to personnel of the RAN’s Helicopter Flight for service in Vietnam: DSC LCDR G. R. Rohrsheim, RAN; DSC LEUT I. M. Speedy, RAN; DSC ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1969
The Daring class destroyer HMAS VENDETTA, (CMDR E. E. Johnson, RAN), fired her first rounds in the Vietnam War against enemy rocket sites, and troop staging areas. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1969
VADM Sir Victor Smith, KBE, CB, DSC, flew his flag as Chief of Naval Staff in HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), off Vietnam. ...