The recent controversy about the use of foreign marching bands at the Opening Ceremony (accent on the first syllable!) of the Sydney Games took me back in time to the ...
HMAS Sprightly
Australian Naval History on 2 March 1965
HMAS SPRIGHTLY, (fleet tug), was taken in hand for conversion to a submarine rescue ship. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1958
HMAS Sprightly (Tug) was decommissioned. 805 Squadron recommissioned at NAS Nowra with de Havilland Sea Venoms for service in HMAS Melbourne. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1953
HMAS Mildura paid off at Melbourne, having steamed 208,132 miles since first commissioning in July 1941. On 8 December 1954 the tug HMAS Sprightly departed Melbourne with Mildura in tow. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 February 1944
The fleet tug HMAS SPRIGHTLY, was commissioned. SPRIGHTLY was laid down in Levingston Shipbuilding Co, Orange, Texas, USA, on 6 June 1942, and launched on 7 August 1942. She was ...