To the returning servicemen Hughes was ‘the Little Digger’ a symbol of Australian self-confidence. Geoffrey Button Formative years William Hughes, the father of William Morris Hughes, came from ...
HMAS Jervis Bay I
Australian Naval History on 18 April 1994
The training ship HMAS JERVIS BAY, (ex MV AUSTRALIAN TRADER), decommissioned at Garden Island Sydney. Nicknamed at times JB, the Love Boat, (due to being the first RAN vessel to ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1993
HMAS Jervis Bay I arrived at Townsville after second mission to Mogadishu, Somalia as a part of Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1993
HMAS JERVIS BAY and HMAS Tobruk departed from Mogadishu with personnel and cargo at the conclusion of Operation Solace ...
Australian Naval History on 14 January 1993
HMAS Jervis Bay arrived at Mogadishu to land cargo and personnel for Operation Solace. HMAS Tobruk II arrived on 17 January to unload additional personnel and cargo. HMAS Tobruk II ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 1992
HMAS Jervis Bay I departed Sydney for Mogadishu, Somalia, to provide strategic sea-lift for Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring peace and humanitarian ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1992
At the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a national memorial was unveiled at Townsville, QLD. Personnel from HMA Ships PERTH, ADELAIDE, TOBRUK and JERVIS BAY, and ...
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1991
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (training ship), and HMAS BUNBURY, (patrol boat), sailed from Sydney on a ‘show the flag’ cruise to Jakarta, Brunei, Tacloban, Cebu and Ujung Pandang. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1991
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (training ship), arrived at Honiara, (Solomon Islands), for a goodwill visit to the area. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 January 1990
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (training ship), was placed on alert to evacuate Australian nationals from Bougainville in the wake of unrest between the local population and the PNG Government. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1988
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (training ship), rescued 12 Korean fishermen from a raft in the Cook Strait, (New Zealand).Their vessel, the DONG CHANG, with a crew of 15, sank in heavy ...
Australian Naval History on 20 June 1984
Training ship HMAS JERVIS BAY, (CMDR J. Scott, RAN), rescued five survivors from the sinking yacht SHALOM, in heavy seas off Port Macquarie, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 May 1980
China’s first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile landed in the Pacific Ocean north west of Fiji. The splashdown was observed by HMA Ships VAMPIRE, (destroyer), and JERVIS BAY, (training ship). A ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1980
HMA Ships VAMPIRE, (Daring class destroyer), and HMAS JERVIS BAY, (training ship), were dispatched to the area between the Solomon Islands and Fiji, to observe the test firing of China’s ...
Australian Naval History on 6 May 1980
The first female officers of the RAN to serve at sea, embarked in the training ship HMAS JERVIS BAY. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 August 1977
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (ex-merchant vessel AUSTRALIAN TRADER), was commissioned as a training ship. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1977
The Minister for Defence, Mr D J Killen, announced the purchase of the roll-on, roll-off vehicular/passenger ship AUSTRALIAN TRADER for conversion to a training ship for the RAN. The ship ...