HMAS DIAMANTINA, (oceanographic research vessel), represented Australia at the Christmas Island Territory Day celebrations. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1971
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), sailed from Subic Bay on completion of her second deployment in Vietnam. BRISBANE fired 7,760 rounds in the deployment. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 September 1971
The Australian Naval Board announced the following gallantry awards to personnel of HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), for service in VietnamOBE CAPT I. M. Burnside, RAN; MBE LEUT D. J. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 September 1971
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), sailed from Vietnam, thus completing the RAN’s four-year involvement in the war. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 June 1971
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), supported an operation of the 1st Australian Task Force at Phuoc Tuy, Vietnam, with gunfire. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 1971
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), participated in the repatriation of North Vietnamese POW’s in the demilitarised zone of Vietnam. Only 13 of the 570 POW’s expressed a wish to return ...
Australian Naval History on 29 May 1971
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), destroyed enemy bunkers and mortar positions during a bombardment of the De-Militarised Zone in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 May 1971
HMAS Hawk, Curlew and Snipe deploy to Papua New Guinea to conduct a Mine Warfare Pilotage Survey and South West Pacific deployment during which they provided aid to the civil ...
Australian Naval History on 28 April 1971
CAC Aermacchi MB-326H N14-078 crashed at Sussex Inlet, as a result of losing control during an inverted spin over the ocean. The crew, Lieutenant Errol Kavanagh, RAN and Lieutenant Peter ...
Australian Naval History on 9 April 1971
The guided missile destroyer, HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT R. G. Loosli, RAN), sank a Viet Cong sampan and destroyed several bunkers and a bridge, while in action off Phouc Tuy. ...