HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), observed a three hour ceasefire for the New Year off Phan Thiet, Vietnam. ...
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Australian Naval History on 27 December 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), was Navy gunfire ship for US II Corps’ operations in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 December 1969
RAN Chaplains Reverend L. Breslan, and the Reverend A. Batt celebrated mass and holy communion in HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), some six miles off the Vietnam coast. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 December 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), observed the Christmas ceasefire which came into force at 1800. VENDETTA withdrew some six miles off the fire line on the Vietnam coast. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 December 1969
The Oberon class submarine HMAS ONSLOW, (LCDR C. Nixon-Eckersall, RN), was commissioned at Greenock, Scotland. ONSLOW was laid down in Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock, Scotland, on 26 ...
Australian Naval History on 21 December 1969
HMAS JEPARIT, the former Australian National line 6,341 ton general purpose bulk carrier, reported fully loaded and ready for sea. The ship was the subject of union disputes from August, ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 1969
The supply ship HMAS JEPARIT, (CMDR R. E. Bourke, RAN), was commissioned. JEPARIT was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, as a bulk-carrier, and launched on 5 October 1963. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 November 1969
The Daring class destroyer HMAS VENDETTA, (CMDR E. E. Johnston, RAN), withdrew from the fire-line off Tuy Hoa in Vietnam, in the face of increasing gales, fog and rain. She ...
Australian Naval History on 19 November 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), supported South Vietnamese battalions in a night action to the west of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. VENDETTA was the only British-design ship employed in operations in ...
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), operated as Navy gunfire ship for US Infantry Corps’ operations in Vietnam. Wessex N7-211 was lost in dramatic circumstances east of Jervis Bay. While conducted ...