The newly formed 16th MCM Squadron arrived in Australia with the six Bird class minesweepers. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1962
HMAS WATERHEN, (shore establishment in Sydney), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1962
725 Squadron recommissioned flying the first two Westland Wessex 31A helicopters delivered to the RAN for ASW training and support to 817 Squadron, the Fleet Air Arm’s (FAA) front line ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1962
HMA Ships QUIBERON and QUEENBOROUGH, (destroyer escorts), carried out a search north of Singapore for the cargo vessel KAWI, which had signalled for assistance. A boat from the vessel, with ...
Australian Naval History on 20 September 1962
HMAS Swan paid off for disposal. On 5 June 1964 Swan was sold to Hurley and Dewhurst, of Sydney, to be broken up. She was delivered to the purchasers on ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1962
HMA Ships HAWKESBURY and MURCHISON, (frigates), left Sydney under tow for breaking up in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1962
The Bird, (ex-RN Ton), class minesweeper HMAS SNIPE, (LEUT P. H. James, RAN), was commissioned. SNIPE, (as HMS ALCASTON), was laid down in John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Southampton, ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1962
HMAS Tide Austral was renamed HMAS Supply. The name Supply was selected to commemorate the ship of the same name that accompanied the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. The ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1962
The first flight of an RAN Wessex was by LCDR John Salthouse and took place in Yeovil, England (near the Westland Factory) ...
Australian Naval History on 4 September 1962
First Wessex helicopter delivered to the RAN FAA ...