HMA Ships Aitape, Ladava, Lae, Madang, Samarai and Tarangau decommissioned as units of the RAN and recommissioned flying the new White Ensign of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) ...
HMAS Lae II
Australian Naval History on 18 January 1969
HMAS LAE, (patrol boat), rescued injured and removed dead when Cyclone Ada devastated northern Queensland coastal resorts. For conspicuous gallantry in the rescues the following awards were announced:-MBE LEUT J. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 April 1968
HMAS LAE, (Attack class patrol boat), was commissioned. She was gifted to the PNGDF in November 1974. ...