HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), arrived at the port of Pireaus, Greece, to take part in the 50th Anniversary commemorations of the Greece and Crete Campaigns. During her time in ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1991
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1991
Sea King helicopters from 817 Squadron, (RAN), rescued 38 people cut off by flood waters on the NSW south coast. The Squadron was later awarded a NSW Police Commendation for ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1991
HMAS BRISANE, (guided missile destroyer), and HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), returned to their home port of Sydney, after serving in the Persian Gulf during Operation Damask, (1st Gulf War). ...
Australian Naval History on 4 April 1991
The battleship USS MISSOURI visited Fremantle, WA on her return to her base of San Diego after Gulf War service. ...
The RAN’s Destroyers
Scharnhorst – Life on the Other Side of the Mirror
Letters: Attack on HMAS Australia
Having read the various accounts of the dawn attack on HMAS Australia on 21st October 1944, as contained in the Society’s publications, may I submit the following observation on the ...
Unique Shield for Hobart Museum
Navy history keeps bobbing up in the most unexpected places. Browsing through an antique shop ‘up north’ a Navy enthusiast spotted the wartime shield of the RAN 817 Squadron Fleet ...
Book Review: Action Stations Coral Sea
Chris Coulthard-Clark, Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd 157 pages, illustrated. This thoroughly researched account of the first important, sea battle in the South Pacific in World War 2 is ...
Book Review: The Midget Submarine Attack on Sydney
Lew Lind, Bellrope Press, 74 pages with illustrations and maps. The Japanese midget submarine attack on ships in Sydney Harbour occurred almost fifty years ago and yet is still a ...
The German Ultra
Operation Fuller-The Channel Dash by the German Fleet-1942
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1991
VADM I.D.G. MacDougall is appointed Chief of Naval Staff. He was the first RAN submariner to reach this position. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 March 1991
VADM M. Hudson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on his retirement as Chief of Naval Staff. At that time, he was the third officer of the RAN to ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1991
The keel of the second Collins Class submarine, HMAS FARNCOMB, was laid at Osborne, South Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 February 1991
Sunday, 10 February 1991 marked the 27th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Voyager (II). A large contingent of survivors embarked in Swan at Port Kembla to take passage to ...
Australian Naval History on 26 January 1991
HMAS WESTRALIA, (tanker), entered the operational area of the Arabian Gulf. She served in the area for over 100 days, as part of Operation Damask, and supplied a variety of ...
Australian Naval History on 17 January 1991
During Operation DESERT STORM HMA Ships Sydney and Brisbane formed part of the air defence screen around Battle Force Zulu, in the Arabian Gulf, which included up to three USN ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1991
The UN deadline for Iraq to remove it’s troops from Kuwait passed and Operation Desert Storm commenced. Australian ships in the Gulf were part of the force screening the aircraft ...
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1991
HMAS Parramatta was decommissioned. Parramatta was subsequently sold to a Pakistani company and towed from Australia October 1991 to be broken up. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 January 1991
HMAS Westralia II departed HMAS Stirling for the Arabian Gulf, arriving in the Middle East Area of Operations on Australia Day 1991, nine days after the commencement of military action ...
