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You are here: Home / Archives for Australian Units / HMAS Vengeance

HMAS Vengeance

Obituary: Harry Train 1918-1999

Newspaper, Daily Telegraph · Dec 23, 1999 ·

Born: Millthorpe, October 26, 1918 Died: Balmain, May 23, 1999 Harry Train gave 30 years of his life to serving his country with the RAN. After enlisting in 1936 as ...

Obituary: Rear Admiral Bryn Mussared (1917-1995)

A.N. Other · Mar 2, 1996 ·

Rear Admiral Bryn Mussared was born in 1917 in Semaphore SA, and entered the Navy in 1932. On passing out from the Naval College, he was awarded ‘maximum time’ and the ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral W D H Graham, CBE

Hinchliffe, L.M. · Dec 12, 1993 ·

Rear Admiral William D.H. Graham born on 3rd September, 1916 in Queensland, died on 30th August, 1993 after a long illness, in A.C.T. He had a distinguished career in the ...

Obituary: Harry Adlam

Zammitt, Alan · Jun 20, 1983 ·

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 ...

HMAS Bataan

A.N. Other · Dec 23, 1980 ·

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 ...

First of the Line – HMAS Albatross, first aircraft carrier

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Oct 31, 1977 ·

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER1 emerged from the 1914-18 war as a major weapon of war, it was inevitable that the Royal Australian Navy – with the largest island continent in ...

Australian Naval History on 25 October 1955

David Stratton · Oct 25, 1955 ·

HMAS Vengeance decommissioned and reverted to the Royal Navy. ...

Australian Naval History on 25 April 1955

On This Day · Apr 25, 1955 ·

HMAS VENGEANCE, (aircraft carrier), was returned to the RN after service in the RAN. She was later sold to Brazil, and renamed MINAS GERIAS. ...

Australian Naval History on 29 May 1954

On This Day · May 29, 1954 ·

The Captain of HMAS VENGEANCE, (aircraft carrier), reported that on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Australia, the ship’s company spelt out the royal signature on the ship’s ...

Australian Naval History on 5 April 1954

On This Day · Apr 5, 1954 ·

HMAS Bataan was damaged in a collision with HMAS Vengeance during replenishment operations in the vicinity of the Cocos Islands ...

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