HMAS STUART, (destroyer), was sold out of service and broken up at Ryde, Sydney. ...
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Australian Naval History on 10 January 1947
HMAS Koopa was returned to her owners, Brisbane Tug and Steamship Company Ltd, on 10 January 1947 ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1946
Three seamen from HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), were washed overboard during exercise off Port Phillip, VIC. Despite immediate action to recover the sailors, two, Ordinary Seamen, D.R. Egglestone and C. E. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1946
HMAS Ballarat paid off into Reserve at Sydney and was sold to a Hong Kong shipping company, China Traders Ltd, on 10 July 1947. Ballarat (I) did not leave Australian ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1946
The merchant ship BANTAM was sunk as a gunnery target off Sydney by HMAS CONDAMINE, (frigate). ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1946
HMAS Westralia paid off at Sydney after steaming 120,978 miles in naval service. She subsequently provided a service between Sydney and Kure for the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces from December ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1946
The WRANS were officially disbanded although the final members did not leave until 1947 ...
Australian Naval History on 27 August 1946
The diesel tug HMAS BRONZEWING, was commissioned. BRONZEWING was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, and launched on 2 February 1946. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 August 1946
HMAS Bunbury paid off in Sydney bringing her seagoing career to a close after steaming 101,000 miles since commissioning. Bunbury was sold on 6 January 1961 to Kinoshita (Australia) Pty ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 1946
HMS Broome (formerly HMAS Broome) was handed over to the Turkish Navy at Istanbul and renamed Alanya. In mid-April 1946 Broome had been paid off and recommissioned into the Royal ...