Courtesy of The West Australian Tuesday, February 11, 1986 HUGH SCHMITT REPORTS on a little- known naval tragedy off the West Australian coast 41 years ago today. Able-bodied Seaman Derek ...
Night of Shipboard Terror – HMAS Nizam
Australian Naval History on 26 May 1986
HMA Ships STALWART, FLINDERS, BETANO, and BRUNEI, assisted by men from RAN Clearance Diving Team 2, were involved in providing equipment and support to the people of the Solomon Islands, ...
Australian Naval History on 23 May 1986
HMA Ships STALWART, FLINDERS, BRUNEI, and BETANO, were dispatched to the Solomon Islands to render assistance, following a cyclone in the area. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 April 1986
The auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMAS SUCCESS, (CAPT J. G. Longden, RAN), was commissioned. SUCCESS was laid down at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, and launched on 3 March 1984. Lady ...
The Day the Emden Came A-Calling
(Reprinted by permission of Penang New Sunday Times, October 28, 1984) On October 28, 1914 – exactly 70 years ago today – most of the people of Penang were still ...
Australian Naval History on 17 March 1986
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, unveiled the National Naval Memorial at Canberra. ...
The Acceptance of the Second HMAS Voyager into Her Majesty’s Service
Sailing Ship Apprentice to Captain of the ‘Queens’
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1986
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presented new Royal Colours to the RAN at a ceremony held at HMAS CRESWELL. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 February 1986
HMA Ships IPSWICH, DUBBO, CAIRNS, and BENDIGO, (patrol boats), assessed the damage and rendered assistance to civil authorities in Northern Australia in the wake of Cyclone Winifred. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 January 1986
HMA Ships HOBART, SYDNEY, PARRAMATTA, DERWENT, and VAMPIRE, and aircraft of No.817 Squadron were dispatched to search for an F111 bomber which crashed into the sea off Bateman’s Bay, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 January 1986
Editors Note: This event was incorrectly tagged as have occurred on 24 January 1986. This was incorrect, the event occurred on 24 October 1986. An automatic redirection has been created. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1985
HMAS SUPPLY was paid off into reserve at Sydney. She had steamed 667,421 miles at an average speed of 12.84 knots and completed 3401 underway replenishments at sea. ...
HMAS Melbourne – As it Was, a Bird’s Eye View
BOARDING THE CARRIER MELBOURNE for the first time it was all so baffling. The ship is so huge and her geography so complex I was continually lost as I wandered ...
Sirius, HMS – Wreckage Recovered from First Fleet Flagship
Australian Naval History on 6 December 1985
HMAS STALWART, (maintenance ship), made an emergency voyage to Macquarie Island for ANARE to land Christmas stores for the staff, when the Antarctic supply ship NELLA DAN developed defects. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 November 1985
HMAS YARRA, (destroyer escort), was paid off into reserve at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 November1985
HMAS OVENS, (Oberon class submarine), made the first of the RAN’s sub-surface firings of the UGM48 Harpoon anti-ship missile. This was also the first Harpoon firing from a conventional submarine. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1985
An American Remote Controlled Undersea Vehicle conducted a search of the sea floor of St. George’s Channel at Simpsonhaven, New Britain for the wreck of the Australian submarine AE1, lost ...
Australian Naval History on 22 November 1985
HMAS YARRA, (destroyer escort), was decommissioned into reserve. YARRA was sold 1991, and broken up in 1992. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 November 1985
A Naval Board Instruction was promulgated in ships and establishments of the RAN banning homosexuals in the service. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 November 1985
HMAS CANBERRA signalled the Russian ship FRUNZE which she had shadowed for three days in the South China Sea; ‘Happy 68th Birthday, (of the Russian Revolution). We leave you in ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1985
HMAS Canberra intercepted and shadowed the large Soviet cruiser Frunze and her escorts. The Soviet Surface Action Group (SAG) comprised the Kirov Class cruiser Frunze, the Sovremenny Class guided missile ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 1985
A gas leak from a sullage tank in HMAS STALWART, (escort maintenance ship), caused the death of three sailors. Another fifty of the ship’s crew were affected by the gas, ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1985
HMAS ASSAIL, the last of the RAN’s Attack class patrol boats still in commission, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy as a gift. ...