The ashes of CMDR E. A. Feldt, OBE, RAN, Commander of Australian Coastwatchers in WWII, were scattered in New Guinea waters by HMAS SAMARAI, (patrol boat). ...
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Australian Naval History on 17 May 1968
The survey ship HMAS MORESBY, (CMDR H. C. Dillon, RAN), completed surveys of the south east coast of Papau and New Guinea. The previous survey of the area had been ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 1968
The Attack class fast patrol boat HMAS ARCHER, (LEUT A. V. R. Horne, RAN), was commissioned. ARCHER was laid down at Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in July 1967, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 26 April 1968
The Attack class fast patrol boat HMAS ACUTE was commissioned. ACUTE was laid down at Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in April 1967, and launched on 26 August 1967. CAPT I. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 April 1968
The Oberon class submarine HMAS OTWAY, (LCDR G. R. Dalrymple, RAN), was commissioned. OTWAY was laid down at Scott’s Yard, Greenock, Scotland, on 29 June 1965, and launched on 29 ...
Australian Naval History on 9 April 1968
HMAS SYDNEY, (fast troop transport), landed the 1st Battalion, RAR, at Vung Tau, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 April 1968
HMAS LAE, (Attack class patrol boat), was commissioned. She was gifted to the PNGDF in November 1974. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 March 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), acted as bait to draw the fire of North Vietnamese batteries near Cap Lay, Vietnam. The ruse was not successful. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 March 1968
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT K. W. Shands, RAN), was in company with the US Ships COLLETT and ST PAUL when she came under enemy fire from shore ...
Australian Naval History on 22 March 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), sailed from Sydney on her second tour of duty with the US 7th Fleet off Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1968
LEUT W. D. H. Lees, RAN, and two divers of Clearance Diving Team 3, embarked in USCGC POINT GRACE to intercept an enemy trawler attempting to land ammunition at the ...
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1968
The report of the second Royal Commission into the HMAS MELBOURNE-HMAS VOYAGER collision was released. The report concerned the fitness of CAPT D. H. Stevens, RAN, to command HMAS VOYAGER ...
Australian Naval History on 19 February 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), attacked and damaged three large enemy barges drawn up on the beach near Dong Hoi, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 February 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), fired her 10,000th round in the Vietnam War. The target was North Vietnamese defences in the Bay of Brandon. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1968
The destroyer tender HMAS STALWART, (CAPT G. V. Gladstone, DSC, RAN), was commissioned at Sydney. STALWART was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, and was launched on 7 October ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1968
VADM Sir Alan McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM, RAN, hoisted his flag in HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), off the coast of Vietnam. It was the first occasion that a Chief ...
Australian Naval History on 25 January 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and USS BORDELON, fired on a highway bridge at Cape St Anne, Vietnam. The ships were ranged by enemy radar and came under heavy fire ...
Australian Naval History on 24 January 1968
The Attack class patrol boat, HMAS ADVANCE, (LEUT G. D. R. Hammer, RAN), was commissioned in Maryborough, QLD. Mrs George, (Wife of the Third Naval Member), performed the commissioning ceremony. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 January 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and USS BORDELON, destroyed or damaged 12 enemy buildings in a storage area at Dong Hoi, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 December 1967
HMAS SYDNEY, (troop carrier), arrived at Vung Tau, Vietnam, and landed the 7th Royal Australian Regiment. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS CANBERRA, (guided missile heavy cruiser), attacked an enemy missile site near Dong Hoi, Vietnam, with gunfire. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 December 1967
HMAS PERTH and USS HAMNER, (guided missile destroyers), came under heavy fire from Viet Cong shore batteries off Dong Hoi. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1967
HMAS SWAN, (destroyer escort), was launched at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, VIC. The Perth class, (Charles F Adams, DDG), guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT A. A. Willis, RAN), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 December 1967
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), sank four and damaged four, enemy supply craft near Dong Hoi, Vietnam. Later, on the same day, PERTH fired on three barges alongside a pier ...
Australian Naval History on 12 December 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS PERTH, (CAPT P. Doyle, RAN), relieved USS GOLDSBOROUGH as command ship of Task Unit 77.1.2 off Vietnam. ...