HMAS Manoora II arrived in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation SLIPPER, Australia’s contribution to the war in Afghanistan ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 19 February 2002
HMAS CANBERRA, (frigate), escorts the two illegal fishing vessels MV LENA and MV VOLGA into Gage Roads in Western Australia to be handed over to civilian authorities. The two vessels ...
Australian Naval History on 6 February 2002
HMAS CANBERRA, (frigate), apprehended the MV LENA near Heard Island and a boarding party fast roped on to the illegal fishing vessel. The next day CANBERRA apprehended the MV VOLGA, ...
Australian Naval History on 28 December 2001
VADM D. J. Shackleton, AO, RAN, departed from HMAS SYDNEY, via Seahawk Helicopter, to return to Bahrain after a four day period spent embarked in HMA Ships KANIMBLA, ADELAIDE, and ...
HMAS Maryborough & Charles Moses-Escape from Java 1942
Obituary: Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot KBE AO (1922-2001)
Born at Corowa, NSW and educated at Geelong Grammar School. Anthony Synnot joined the RAN as a cadet midshipman in 1939 as a Special Entry and trained in Britain with Prince ...
Australian Naval History on 24 November 2001
HMAS PERTH, (former guided missile destroyer), was sunk as a dive wreck at Seal Rock, Albany, WA. The scuttling charges were fired by a former member of the crew of ...
Australian Naval History on 18 November 2001
A memorial to HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser),which was sunk in the action with the German raider KORMORAN, was dedicated at Mount Scott in Geraldton, WA. The memorial consists of a dome ...
Australian Naval History on 8 November 2001
The Indonesian fishing boat SUMBER LESTARI, (later termed SIEV 10), with 164 suspected illegal immigrants onboard, caught fire and sank near Ashmore Reef. The patrol boat HMAS WOLLONGONG, (CMDR W.M. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 2001
HMAS Kanimbla II departed for the Middle East as part of the maritime force assigned to Operation SLIPPER. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 2001
A suspected illegal entry vessel, (SIEV), departs the Indonesian port of Lampung, Sumatra, bound for the Australian territory of Christmas Island, with 420 men, women and children onboard. Many of ...
Letters: Torpedoing of SS Ormiston
Dear Editor, It was with considerable interest that I read your article “Torpedoing of S.S. Ormiston 1943″ by L.A. d’Alpuget, Lieut. RANVR (Rtd) in the Naval Historical Review Vol 21 ...
Book Review: Stoker’s Submarine
Title: Stoker’s Submarine Authors: Fred & Elizabeth Brenchley Publisher: Harper Collins Nearly every Australian could tell you the history of the landing at Anzac Cove, on 25 April 1915, of ...
Cedric H Ashton MBE (1910-2001) – Artist, Musician, Sailor
In the company of Cedric Ashton one covers a tranquillity of life – artist, musician, sailor and a man’s man of capital ship dimensions! Cedric spent his teenage years in ...
The Battle of the Atlantic – Western Approaches Command
Australian Naval History on 26 August 2001
The master of the MV TAMPA, (CAPT Arne Rinnan), attempted to take his vessel to Indonesia, to offload the 460 people he had rescued from the fishing boat PALAPA. Several ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 2001
HMAS CANBERRA and HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (guided missile frigates), with HMAS MANOORA (landing platform amphibious), arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for a good will visit. A team of RAN ...
Australian Naval History on 15 June 2001
HMAS KANIMBLA, (landing ship personnel assault), arrives in the Solomon Islands to commence peacekeeping duties as part of Operation Trek. She was later relieved by HMAS MELBOURNE, (guided missile frigate), ...
Carrier Flying – the Greatest Sport
Captain Fogarty Fegen VC RN (1891-1940)
Australian Naval History on 2 June 2001
The Huon class mine hunter coastal HMAS GASCOYNE, was commissioned. GASCOYNE was laid down in ADI Yard, Newcastle, NSW, and launched on 11 March 2000. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 2001
HMAS DARWIN, (frigate), arrives in the Solomon Islands to undertake peacekeeping duties as part of Operation Trek. She was later relieved by HMAS KANIMBLA, (landing ship personnel assault), in June. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 May 2001
HMAS JERVIS BAY was decommissioned in Hobart, TAS after her 2 years charter. Known as the ‘Dili Express’, she had carried 6,600 troops, and 3,200 pallets of stores, to East ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 2001
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (fast transport), conducts her last re-supply run from Darwin to Dili, in support of the UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 2001
The ANZAC class guided missile frigate HMAS WARRAMUNGA, was commissioned. WARRAMUNGA was laid down in Tenix Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, and launched on 23 May 1998. ...