The last naval pilots graduated from the RAAF’s No.1 Flying School at Point Cook, VIC. They were SBLT Marcus McGregor, RAN, and MIDN Robert Needham, RAN. From then on all ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1992
A Brief History of HMVS Cerberus
In 1866, the Government of Victoria requested a ship from the British Admiralty to bolster the Colony’s defences. At this time, in England, a new type of ship designed for ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1992
HMAS Adroit decommissioned at HMAS Stirling ...
Australian Naval History on 22 March 1992
Patrol boats participating in Exercise Kangaroo 92 arrested three Indonesian trawlers in the Australian Fishing Zone. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 March 1992
The RAN officially adopted the Slouch Hat, (termed Wide Brimmed Hat), as an item of uniform for all ranks. It had for many years, at least since World War I, ...
Australian Naval History on 18 March 1992
LCDR Peter Nelson, RAN, was invested with the Air Force Cross by the Queen for Gallantry in the 1st Gulf War. LCDR Nelson was attached to a Royal Navy Sea ...
Australian Naval History on 17 March 1992
HMA Ships TORRENS, (destroyer escort), and GLADSTONE, (patrol boat), were the first ships of the RAN to enter the Filipino ports of Bitung and Cagayan de Cro. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1992
RAN marksman, WOQMG C. Dowd, of HMAS CERBERUS, won the Australian Army’s Highest Possible Score Cross. WOQMG Dowd was a medal winner at the 1990 Bisley Shoot. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 March 1992
The guided missile frigate HMAS DARWIN, (CMDR Martyn Bell, RAN), commenced boarding and searching operations in the Red Sea. She operated with the United Nations force policing trade with Iraq. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1992
The de-commissioned submarine HMAS OXLEY was towed from HMAS STIRLING to Jervoise Bay for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1992
Training commenced on S70B2, Seahawk helicopters acquired for use in guided missile frigates under construction for the RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1992
HMAS NEWCASTLE, the final ship in Amecon’s contract to build two guided missile frigates for the RAN, was launched at Williamstown, VIC. The ship was delivered five months ahead of ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1992
HMAS DARWIN, (frigate), departed Fremantle for service in the Arabian Gulf as part of the RAN’s Operation Damask commitment. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1992
The FFG-7, (Adelaide), class guided missile frigate HMAS MELBOURNE, (CMDR A. G. Johnston, RAN), was commissioned at Melbourne. MELBOURNE was laid down in AMECON Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1992
HMAS OXLEY, the first Oberon class submarine built for the RAN, paid off at HMAS STIRLING, WA. The stripped hull was sold for scrap. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 February 1992
The third HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), left Fremantle on her way to Southeast Asia to be broken up for scrap. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1992
CMDR Carolyn Brand, RAN, became the first female officer of the RAN to command an operational base when she took command of HMAS WATERHEN, (shore base, Sydney). ...
Australian Naval History on 1 February 1992
HMAS WOLLONGONG, (patrol boat), apprehended the Indonesian fishing trawler SEKEWAN INDAH, poaching in the Australian fishing zone. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 January 1992
Fifty years after her namesake was sunk in Darwin Harbour by Japanese bombers, the USS ROBERT E PERRY, (destroyer), arrived in Darwin harbour for a commemorative service. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 January 1992
The world’s first trials of operating Army S70A-9 helicopters from a ship at sea were made from HMAS TOBRUK off the south east coast of Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 January 1992
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), completed her 200th merchant ship boarding in the Red Sea. This was then the highest tally by any ship in the fleet conducting UN sanctions ...
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1992
Clearance Divers operating from HMAS TOWNSVILLE, (patrol boat), disposed of 12 unexploded bombs found on the seabed off Middleton Reef, Queensland. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 January 1992
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), joined the Multi-Nation Force in the Red Sea enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq. ...
Book Review: Mutiny on the Bounty
The Story of Captain William Bligh, seaman, navigator, surveyor and of the BOUNTY mutineers State Library of New South Wales 1991, Five authors, plates in col & b&w, Ind, 104 ...
Antarctic Lubricants
SCOTCH & ICEBERG Lieutenant John Pain RANR (Ret), an Ansett Airlines career man and personal helicopter pilot to the late Sir Reginald Ansett, gave an enthralling address recently to the ...