The guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT R. G. Loosli, RAN), commenced her second deployment to Vietnam by shelling enemy bunkers and supply trails in the Long Hai hills. ...
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Australian Naval History on 8 February 1971
HMAS Snipe was recommissioned as a Minehunter ...
Australian Naval History on 25 January 1971
HMAS Barbette in company with HMAS Bayonet departed Sydney for their new home port at Cairns. They were later joined by HMAS Barricade. The three boats were greeted warmly on ...
Australian Naval History on 17 January 1971
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), fired on Viet Cong ambush sites at An Xuyen, Vietnam, inflicting casualties. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 December 1970
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), withdrew from the fire line off Vietnam and celebrated Christmas Day at Hong Kong. During the day the ship was visited by the Minister for ...
Australian Naval History on 21 December 1970
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), engaged in a counter-battery duel with Viet Cong guns in the Long Hai hills, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 December 1970
HMA Ships AITAPE and LADAVA, (patrol boats), navigated a record 497 miles on the Fly River, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 1970
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), shelled Viet Cong in the field, and destroyed a mobile wireless van. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 December 1970
The Australian supply ship JEPARIT arrived at Vung Tau, Vietnam, on her 33rd voyage. HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), provided supporting gunfire to the US 135th Assault Helicopter Company, when ...
Australian Naval History on 24 November 1970
HMAS Adroit on SAR duties in company with HMAS Aware assisted in an attempt to salvage a ditched helicopter from HMAS Albatross after a Westland Wessex HAS.31A N7-201 881 crashed ...