At 11:41am in position 11 36.29’S, 135 38.33’E off Arnhem Land, HMAS Moresby II became the first RAN vessel to steam one million nautical miles. The ship was appropriately running ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1992
The newly-commissioned HMAS ADELAIDE, (guided missile frigate), was home-ported on Fremantle, W.A. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 September 1992
The Taiwanese fishing trawler LIAN YIH SHENG No. 2, valued at more than $200,000, was apprehended by HMAS BUNBURY, (patrol boat), illegally trawling in the Australian Fishing Zone off North ...
Loss of HMAS Altana – New Years Day 1946
In the Pacific region during World War II the Royal Australian Navy was caught up in history’s greatest naval conflict in which numerous large sea/air battles were fought. There were ...
Leyte Gulf – the RAN in the Biggest Naval Battle of all time
Australian Naval History on 25 August 1992
Serious allegations of sexual harassment of a female officer in HMAS SWAN, (destroyer escort), were made public. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 1992
RADM R. A. K. Walls, A.O, Maritime Commander of the RAN, commanded RFU Forces in RIMPAC 92. United States, Canadian, Korean and Australian ships participated in the exercises. The Australian ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1992
HMAS DARWIN, (guided missile frigate), arrived on station in the Arabian Gulf for her 115 day deployment. In this patrol she was to board 296 merchant ships passing through her ...
Australian Naval History on 6 August 1992
HMAS OTWAY, (Oberon class submarine), became the first RAN submarine to fire Mk48 torpedoes against a manned submarine, when she fired on the US Submarine NEW YORK CITY, during RIMPAC ...
Loss of HMAS Canberra – 9 August 1942
Search for the German Asiatic Squadron – 1914-1916
USS Mount Hood – Catastrophe 1944
MS Ramses – 1942 – Blockade Runner
HMAS Sydney – Memorial
Letters: HMAS Tingara
I feel compelled to respond to the article by Lt. Swinden, RAN, in the December issue of the Naval Historical Review, entitled “HMAS Tingira – 1912-1927, a Legacy of Service”. ...
Letters: Loss of the HMAS Terka
Re the article on HMAS TERKA in the March 1992 edition of the Bulletin, readers may be interested in the following note. During the late 60s and early 70s, one ...
Letters: HMAS Terka and the Clearance Diving Team
I was very interested to read in the March Bulletin the history and background of HMAS Terka submitted by D J Davis. I was the second in command of Clearance ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1992
HMAS YARRA, (Type 12 frigate), departed from Sydney under tow, bound for India to be scrapped. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1992
The landing craft heavy, HMAS TARAKAN, (LEUT T. Watson, RAN), commenced a combined operation with the Great Barrier Reef Authority, to transfer over 90,000 giant clams, which were threatened with ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1992
At the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a national memorial was unveiled at Townsville, QLD. Personnel from HMA Ships PERTH, ADELAIDE, TOBRUK and JERVIS BAY, and ...
Australian Naval History on 7 May 1992
The former HMAS STUART, (River class destroyer escort), sailed for Singapore to be broken up. ...
Obituary: Commodore Rodney Rhoades – The man who fed Tobruk
Commodore Rodney Rhoades RAN, who commanded HMAS Vendetta of the celebrated “Scrap Iron Flotilla” which supplied Tobruk during the World War II siege, has died in Sydney. He was 83. ...
HMAS CERBERUS – An Overview
Often referred to as The Cradle of the Navy, HMAS CERBERUS is the premier training establishment of the Royal Australian Navy and has a complement of 132 Officers, 310 Senior ...
The Attack on Darwin – A Pictorial Record
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1992
HMAS Adroit decommissioned at HMAS Stirling ...