HMA Ships HOBART, VENDETTA, ANZAC, DERWENT, YARRA, CURLEW, HAWK, and GULL, searched for survivors from MV NOONGAH, which foundered in heavy seas off Smoky Cape. Five of the ship’s crew ...
HMAS Hobart II
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1969
HMAS HOBART, (destroyer), awarded the USN Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1969
The following awards were made for bravery and resource in HMAS HOBART when the destroyer was struck by American aircraft missiles off Vietnam: DSM for ME G. H. Sculley MID ...
Australian Naval History on 20 September 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was awarded the US Presidential Commendation for service in Vietnam between 10 March and 20 September, 1968. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), was dispatched to Vietnam to relieve her sister ship HMAS HOBART, which had been damaged by US aircraft missiles. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 August 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), bombarded Viet Cong camps and bases in the Long Hai hills, east of Vung Tau, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), provided support fire to a helicopter landing by the US 1st Marine Division, north of Da Nang, Vietnam. The object of the assault was to ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), fired on suspected enemy observation posts near Da Nang, Vietnam. Twelve enemy dead were later found in the target area. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1968
Investigations showed that HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), was only one of a number of ships attacked in error, by US 7th Air Force fighters, on 16 and 17 June. PCF 19, ...
Australian Naval History on 17 June 1968
At 0300 the destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT K. W. Shands, RAN), was accidentally attacked by a US Air Force F-4 fighter, off Cap Lay, Vietnam. The aircraft fired a total ...