HMAS LAUNCESTON, (Fremantle Class Patrol Boat), was commissioned. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1982
The Australian Government announced it intended to purchase the aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE as a replacement for HMAS MELBOURNE. The carrier was to be renamed HMAS AUSTRALIA. However, as a ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1982
Britain’s First Sea Lord, ADML Sir Henry Leach, made a four day official visit to Australia and conferred with cabinet on the possible purchase of HMS INVINCIBLE as a replacement ...
Australian Naval History on 25 January 1982
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), was severely damaged in a $4 million fire while fitting out at Seattle, USA. ...
Spitfire – The First Australian Built Warship
SINCE THE FORMATION of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911 hundreds of Australian built ships have served under the White Ensign, ships ranging in size and types from small Channel ...
Australian Naval History on 14 December 1981
Cadet AB Kenneth Dax died onboard HMAS TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), from a hydrogen-sulphide gas leak from the ships sewage tank. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 November 1981
The Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS WOLLONGONG, was commissioned. WOLLONGONG was decommissioned on 11 February 2006 after 24 years of service. ...
I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 2)
Australian Naval History on 4 September 1981
HMAS Swan becomes the first RAN ship to visit China in 32 years, docking at Shanghai ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1981
The Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS TOWNSVILLE was commissioned. ...
I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 1)
HMAS Shropshire
THIS IS THE STORY of a well known ship, seen through the eyes of a retired captain who commissioned the ship as a cadet in 1929. In 1927 the Admiralty ...
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1981
HMAS MELBOURNE and HMAS TORRENS rescued a group of 99 Vietnamese refugees from dilapidated vessels in the South China Sea. ...
HMAS Parramatta Memorial
The memorial to the three ships bearing the proud title of HMAS Parramatta will be unveiled at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday, 13th June, 1981 at Queens Wharf Steps in the City ...
Australian Naval History on 23 April 1981
The landing ship heavy HMAS TOBRUK, was commissioned at Newcastle NSW. ...
No. 2285 EOC – BL 6” Gun, HMAS Melbourne, history 1912 to present
Burra Bra — Ferry and Warship
A SLEEK PASSENGER FERRY for the Sydney to Manly service was launched at the shipyards of Morts Dock & Engineering Co. Ltd., Woolwich, New South Wales, on 17th June 1908. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 March 1981
The FFG-7, (Adelaide), class guided missile frigate HMAS CANBERRA, (CMDR B. Wilson, RAN), was commissioned in Seattle, USA. CANBERRA was laid down in Todd Shipyard, Seattle, USA, and launched on ...
The Cruise Of HMAS Australia -1934-36
Australian Naval History on 14 March 1981
HMAS WARRNAMBOOL, (Fremantle class patrol boat), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 January 1981
HMAS ADELAIDE, (guided missile frigate), ran aground off Puget Sound, USA and sustained serious underwater damage. In the subsequent court martial the Commanding Officer of ADELAIDE was found guilty of ...
The Story of HMCS Protector
The Gift Fleet
The Gift Fleet – from the RN to Australia, 1919 WITH THE END OF THE GREAT WAR the Imperial Government found itself with a considerable number of naval vessels on ...
HMAS Bataan
The Last of the Australian Built Tribal Class THE LAST OF THE THREE Tribal class destroyers built at Cockatoo Island was to have been named Kurnai after an Aboriginal Tribe ...
Warramunga’s Badge
WHEN HMAS WARRAMUNGA commissioned for service in November 1942 no official badge had been authorised for the ship, and being wartime this was of no great consequence. Early in 1943 ...
