HMAS Bataan paid off at Sydney having steamed 279,395 nautical miles since commissioning. Bataan was sold for scrap on 2 May 1958 to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd of Tokyo, Japan. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1954
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), departed from Sydney under tow for the ship-breakers in Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 October 1954
808 Squadron, flying Sea Furies, decommissioned at Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 September 1954
HMAS TIDE AUSTRAL, later renamed SUPPLY, was launched at Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1954
HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) was paid off having steamed 477,301 miles in the period since August 1939. She was sold as scrap to British Iron and Steel Corporation (Salvage) Ltd on ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1954
850 Squadron decommissioned and 851 Squadron commissioned at NAS Nowra as a training squadron flying Fairey Fireflies and Douglas Dakotas. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1954
Delivery of the first RAN Vampire trainer took place when Lieutenant Peter Goldrick, RAN accepted the de Havilland Sea Vampire Mk T.34 at the de Havilland workshop in Bankstown on ...
Australian Naval History on 29 May 1954
The Captain of HMAS VENGEANCE, (aircraft carrier), reported that on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Australia, the ship’s company spelt out the royal signature on the ship’s ...
Australian Naval History on 4 May 1954
850 and 805 Squadron tours in Korea ends. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1954
HMAS Culgoa paid off into Reserve on 15 April 1954, having steamed 167,447 miles. She remained in Reserve until used as an accommodation ship for Sydney minesweeping base, HMAS Waterhen. On ...