LEUT(P) Stanley Ray Carmichael RAN & ASLT(O) Mike Williams RAN lost their lives when their Sea Venom aircraft of 724 Squadron flew into the sea whilst on a photographic exercise ...
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Australian Naval History on 24 April 1959
HMA Ships SWAN and WARREGO commenced a three-month survey of the Outer Whitsunday Passage, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1959
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), was commissioned at Sydney. PARRAMATTA was the second ship of her class built in Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 December 1958
HMAS Kookaburra paid off at Sydney and without any further sea-going service was removed from the Navy list and declared for disposal on 24 June 1965. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1958
808 Squadron, flying Sea Venoms, decommissioned at Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 November 1958
The Daring class destroyer HMAS VENDETTA, (CAPT R. J. Robertson, DSC, RAN), was commissioned. VENDETTA was laid down in Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, on 4 July 1949, and launched on 3 ...
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1958
817 Squadron, flying Gannetts, decommissioned.. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1958
HMAS HORSHAM, (minesweeper), was sold for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1958
The first issue of the RAN’s newspaper, Navy News, was published. HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), accidentally rammed the caisson of the Albert Dock, at Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, where she ...
Australian Naval History on 4 July 1958
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (destroyer), represented Australia at the 12th anniversary of the Philippines’ Republic. ...