HMAS Tobruk II was assigned the difficult task of supporting the investigation and recovery of a RAAF F-111G aircraft which had crashed on the Malaysian Island of Pulau Aur while ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 24 April 1999
HMAS PERTH, (destroyer), and HMAS ARUNTA, (frigate), arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon), Vietnam, for a four day port visit. This was the first visit to Vietnam for Australian ...
Book Review: All Men Back – All One Big Mistake
Title: All Men Back – All One Big Mistake Publisher: Hesperian Press An odd title for a very interesting book. This is the story of young Signalman Bill (Buzzer) Bee, who ...
HMAS Flinders – 25 Years of Service
At 1430 on the 12th October 1998, the Australian -White Ensign was lowered for the final time in the Royal Australian Navy’s Hydrographic Survey Vessel, HMAS Flinders. Flinders had served Australia for ...
Letters: Inquiry into the loss of HMAS Sydney
Letters – Queen Mary & HMAS Voyager Averted Collision, April 1942
Dear Sir I refer to the article “Abandoned at Sea” in The Review, September 1998. [Ed: Retitled SS Queen Mary and the Loss of HMS Curacoa 1942] There is another incident ...
Australian Naval History on 29 December 1998
HMAS NEWCASTLE, (guided missile frigate), located the damaged yacht SOLO GLOBE CHALLENGER. Two injured crewmen were transferred from the yacht to NEWCASTLE, while the yacht waited for a trawler to ...
Australian Naval History on 28 December 1998
At 0320 a RAN Sea King helicopter winched onboard three injured crewmen from the badly damaged yacht SWORD OF ORION, during the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. At the ...
Australian Naval History on 27 December 1998
The RAN was requested to provide assistance to rescue yachtsmen involved in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Exceptionally strong winds and heavy seas had damaged several yachts, including several ...