The River class, (modified type 12 frigate), destroyer escort, HMAS STUART, (CMDR M. L. Molony, RAN), was commissioned. STUART was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 20 March ...
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Australian Naval History on 8 May 1963
HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, (frigate), struck HMS TABARD, (submarine), while exercising off Sydney. Both vessels were damaged but returned to Port under their own power. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 April 1963
HMAS Quickmatch paid off to Reserve at Williamstown. After paying off she served as an accommodation ship at Williamstown. On 15 February 1972 Quickmatch was sold for scrap to Fujita ...
Australian Naval History on 30 March 1963
805 Squadron, flying the Sea Venom, decommissioned at NAS Nowra ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1963
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II signalled the destroyer HMAS ANZAC at the conclusion of the Royal Tour of Australia; “Splice the main brace”. The RAN does not splice the main ...
Australian Naval History on 20 March 1963
Two Westland Scout AH-1 helicopters were acquired by the RAN and operated by 723 Naval Air Squadron. The helicopters were embarked in the hydrographic survey ship HMAS Moresby with one ...
Australian Naval History on 11 March 1963
The first Wessex helicopter Search and Rescue (SAR) mission occurred when GPCAPT Mather ejected from his RAAF Sabre jet near Lake Bathurst in NSW, and was reported as having landed near ‘a ...
Australian Naval History on 16 February 1963
HMAS QUADRANT, (frigate),was sold for scrap to a Japanese ship breaking company. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1963
HMAS QUADRANT, (frigate), was sold out of service for breaking up in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1963
HMAS QUICKMATCH, (frigate), berthed at Manly Wharf, Sydney to participate in the beach resort’s 175th Anniversary. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 February 1963
HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), was rammed by the South Vietnamese escort ship KY-HOA, at Saigon. QUIBERON’S starboard side was opened to the sea and KY-HOA required docking. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1963
The RAN School of Underwater Medicine was established at HMAS RUSHCUTTER, Sydney. It later moved to HMAS PENGUIN. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 December 1962
The frigate HMAS QUIBERON, (CMDR V. A. Parker, RAN), rescued 31 Chinese seamen from the merchant ship TUSCANY, aground on a reef in the China Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 December 1962
The newly formed 16th MCM Squadron arrived in Australia with the six Bird class minesweepers. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1962
HMAS WATERHEN, (shore establishment in Sydney), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1962
725 Squadron recommissioned flying the first two Westland Wessex 31A helicopters delivered to the RAN for ASW training and support to 817 Squadron, the Fleet Air Arm’s (FAA) front line ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1962
HMA Ships QUIBERON and QUEENBOROUGH, (destroyer escorts), carried out a search north of Singapore for the cargo vessel KAWI, which had signalled for assistance. A boat from the vessel, with ...
Australian Naval History on 20 September 1962
HMAS Swan paid off for disposal. On 5 June 1964 Swan was sold to Hurley and Dewhurst, of Sydney, to be broken up. She was delivered to the purchasers on ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1962
HMA Ships HAWKESBURY and MURCHISON, (frigates), left Sydney under tow for breaking up in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1962
The Bird, (ex-RN Ton), class minesweeper HMAS SNIPE, (LEUT P. H. James, RAN), was commissioned. SNIPE, (as HMS ALCASTON), was laid down in John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Southampton, ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1962
HMAS Tide Austral was renamed HMAS Supply. The name Supply was selected to commemorate the ship of the same name that accompanied the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. The ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1962
The first flight of an RAN Wessex was by LCDR John Salthouse and took place in Yeovil, England (near the Westland Factory) ...
Australian Naval History on 4 September 1962
First Wessex helicopter delivered to the RAN FAA ...
Australian Naval History on 30 August 1962
The Bird, (ex-RN Ton), class minesweeper HMAS TEAL, (LCDR J. G. Stacey, RAN), was commissioned. TEAL, (as HMS JACKTON), was laid down in Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth, England, in ...
Australian Naval History on 23 August 1962
HMAS SWAN, (sloop), was paid off for disposal in Sydney. ...