Units of the First Aircraft Carrier Squadron of the Royal Navy led a formation of nine warships into Sydney Harbor. They came through in-close order led by the aircraft carrier ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 10 July 1947
HMAS BALLARAT, (minesweeper), was sold out of service and renamed CARMENCITA. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1947
HMAS QUICKMATCH, (destroyer), arrived at Nanking with Professor Copeland, the newly appointed Australian Ambassador to China and his staff. QUICKMATCH was the first ship of the RAN to visit the ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1947
HMAS Maryborough was sold to the Australian General Trading and Shipping Syndicate, who renamed her Isobel Queen. She had paid off from the RAN in December 1945. For years she ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1947
HMAS Ararat (I) paid off into the Reserve Fleet at Sydney. She had steamed 109,000 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 3 April 1947
HMAS STUART was sold out of service for breaking up. The keel of the ship is now buried in Kissing Point Bay, Sydney. A plaque put in place by Ryde ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1947
The modified River class frigate HMAS CULGOA, (CMDR H. L. Gunn, RAN), was commissioned. CULGOA was laid down at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, VIC on 15 July 1943, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1947
After a short commission, which lasted only 15 months, HMAS Barwon paid off into Reserve. Barwon was sold as scrap to HC Sleigh for Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd. She was ...
Australian Naval History on 16 March 1947
HMAS GOULBURN, (minesweeper), was sold out of service and renamed BENITA. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 February 1947
HMAS Dubbo paid off into Reserve at Sydney. On 20 February 1958 she was sold for scrap to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd, Tokyo. In June 1958 the Japanese salvage vessel ...