HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), took the disabled merchant vessel MADONNA in tow, in rough seas, near Lady Elliott Island, (off the coast of QLD), and towed her to Gladstone, QLD. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1948
HMAS MINDARI, (Gunnery Instruction Centre located at Woolloomooloo, Sydney), was decommissioned. In recent times the site was occupied by the Gunnery Art Gallery, which referred to its previous use. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1948
First of 12 RAAF Vultee Vengeances airframes were allocated to the RAN FAA at Nowra for use as Fire Fighting Training Aids. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1948
HMAS BARCOO, (frigate), was blown ashore at Glenelg Beach SA, during a gale. She was later re-floated without damage. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1948
HMAS WYATT EARP, (Antarctic supply vessel), returned to Melbourne from Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 March 1948
HMAS Lae paid off. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 February 1948
Group Captain S. Campbell, (RAAF), Dr P. Law, and AB Wallace of HMAS WYATT EARP landed briefly on Ballerys Island in Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1948
The Antarctic Research Vessel, HMAS WYATT EARP, (CMDR K.E. Oom, OBE, RAN), sailed from Melbourne for Macquarie Island and Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1948
HMAS MILDURA, (corvette), was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Careening Bay, WA. She was later re- commissioned in 1951 as a training ship for National Servicemen, and undertook this ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1947
HMAS Hobart paid off. From 1953 to 1956 Hobart underwent an extensive refit and modernisation at Newcastle State Dockyard to convert her to a training ship, but was not again ...