On Thursday 24th June 2021 the N.A.A. (Naval Association of Australia Queensland) highlighted the service of members of the Royal Australia Navy in the Korean War. At 4am on June ...
HMAS Bataan
Big wave of destruction
A voyage from Fremantle to Cocos Islands to farewell the Royal Yacht SS Gothic at the successful end of Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to Australia ended badly when two ...
Korean Waters – Tribal Class Destroyers
Obituary: Commander Arthur Stanley Storey (1909 – 1995)
The RAN’s Destroyers
Book Review: Action Stations
Action Stations by Iris Nesdale Action Stations in some ways disappointed me but it must be very difficult to write a book about two ships serving in the same area ...
Prisoner of War Rescues
Obituary: Harry Adlam
HAROLD CHARLES (HARRY) ADLAM grew up in Penshurst, Sydney. Economics dictated that he leave school at the age of 14. However, he educated himself and ended up with a better ...
The Tribals
HMAS Bataan
The Last of the Australian Built Tribal Class THE LAST OF THE THREE Tribal class destroyers built at Cockatoo Island was to have been named Kurnai after an Aboriginal Tribe ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1954
HMAS Bataan paid off at Sydney having steamed 279,395 nautical miles since commissioning. Bataan was sold for scrap on 2 May 1958 to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd of Tokyo, Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 April 1954
HMAS Bataan was damaged in a collision with HMAS Vengeance during replenishment operations in the vicinity of the Cocos Islands ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1953
RAN casualties in the Korean War were:-Killed; 1; Missing presumed dead; 2; Wounded; 6The eight Australian vessels engaged were HMA Ships SYDNEY, ANZAC, BATAAN, TOBRUK, WARRAMUNGA, COMDAMINE, CULGOA, MURCHISON, and ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1952
HMAS Bataan finally left the Korean theatre, sent on her way south by many signals of congratulations including that from Commander US Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Clark, reading “Commander Seventh ...
Australian Naval History on 19 May 1952
Operation Round Up took place off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer HMAS BATAAN, (CMDR W. S. Bracegirdle DSC and Bar, RAN), provided close support to South Korean commandos, who landed ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1952
HMAS Bataan carried out her first air spot bombardment using spotters from HMS Glory, to shell enemy troops encamped outside the village of Pungchon. Later the same day as dusk ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1951
HMAS BATAAN, (Battle class destroyer), fought a gun duel with enemy batteries on the west coast of Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 May 1951
HMAS Bataan sailed from Hong Kong for home after eleven months service with the United Nations in Korean waters. Bataan was en route to Japan for her sixth post-war tour ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1951
At Sasebo HMAS Bataan met her namesake, the United States light carrier USS Bataan, which had been operating in Korean waters for several weeks. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1951
The evacuation of Inchon, Korea, was completed. HMA Ships BATAAN and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers) assisted US, British and Dutch ships to evacuate nearly 70000 personnel. Over 1400 vehicles, and 63000 tons ...
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1950
HMA Ships BATAAN and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), assisted the Commonwealth Fleet in evacuating Chinnampo, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1950
HMAS Bataan in company with HMCS Athabaskan assumed responsibility for blockading the Kunsan area. On the same day, both ships carried out an intensive bombardment of Youjiko To Island where ...
Australian Naval History on 15 September 1950
HMA Ships BATAAN and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), operated with the bombardment fleet off Wonsan, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1950
HMAS Bataan completed her first operational patrol of the Korean War, during which she conducted escort duties in the Korean Strait and for the amphibious landing at Pohang Dong. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1950
HMAS BATAAN, (Battle class destroyer), bombarded Pohang, Korea, as a unit of Task Group 96.5. ...