HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (destroyer), represented Australia at the 12th anniversary of the Philippines’ Republic. ...
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Australian Naval History on 13 May 1958
CAPT C. M. Hudson, RAN, commanding HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, (frigate), suffered a stroke while the ship was at sea off Point Gellibrand. The Executive Officer, LCDR V. A. Parker, RAN, was ...
Australian Naval History on 6 May 1958
HMA Ships SWAN, COOTAMUNDRA, FREMANTLE, and WARREGO, commenced a detailed survey of the Timor Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 April 1958
The Indonesian Navy ship HANG TUAH, (ex HMNS MOROTAI, ex HMAS IPSWICH), was sunk in a bombing attack off North Borneo. The WWII Mitchell bomber was piloted by an American ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1958
HMA Ships QUALITY and QUIBERON, (destroyers), were decommissioned at Sydney and sold to Mitsubishi in Japan, for breaking up. RADM O. H. Becher, DSO, DSC, RAN, who was the Fleet ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1958
HMS NORMAN, (destroyer), formerly HMAS NORMAN, was paid off for disposal. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1958
HMAS Sprightly (Tug) was decommissioned. 805 Squadron recommissioned at NAS Nowra with de Havilland Sea Venoms for service in HMAS Melbourne. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 March 1958
805 Squadron, flying Sea Furies, decommissioned at NAS Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 March 1958
805 Squadron Sea Fury’s making a final farewell flight over Sydney Harbour with the squadron decommissioned on 26 March 1958; ...
Australian Naval History on 24 February 1958
HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), conveyed Her Majesty the Queen Mother from Circular Quay to Manly. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1958
The RAN’s veteran depot ship, HMAS PLATYPUS, departed Sydney bound for Japan to be broken up. She had commenced service with the RAN in 1919, and had been present at ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1958
The Royal Australian Naval College, returned to Jervis Bay and was commissioned as HMAS CRESWELL. The college had originally been located at Jervis Bay from 1915 until 1930, however economic ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1958
725 Squadron commissioned into the RAN at NAS Nowra as a fleet requirements and communications unit flying a range of aircraft. (Was previously a RN Sqdn number). 724 Squadron becomes ...
Australian Naval History on 25 December 1957
Officers cook A. C. Cooper, of HMAS ANZAC, (destroyer), drowned in Singapore. Cooper was only one of two RAN casualties during the Malayan Emergency, (1948-1960). He is buried at Kranji ...
Australian Naval History on 18 December 1957
HMAS QUIBERON was re-commissioned as an anti-submarine Frigate ...
Australian Naval History on 28 October 1957
HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), collided with the merchant ship SS STRAAT BANKA, (Royal Interocean Line) in Port Adelaide. Damage was minor. HMAS MELBOURNE proceeded to Melbourne on that day, arriving on ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1957
HMAS Junee paid off and on 18 June 1958 she was sold to Mr WG Davies of Fremantle. She was scrapped in 1968 and her hull sunk 20 miles west ...
Australian Naval History on 16 August 1957
HMAS Quadrant paid off into Operational Reserve at Sydney. On 15 February 1963 Quadrant was sold for scrap to a Japanese firm, Kinoshita & Co Ltd. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1957
HMAS Karangi was placed in unmaintained Reserve at Sydney. During 16 years of sea going service Karangi steamed 73,000 miles. She was removed from the Navy list in 1964 and ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1957
HMAS MARYBOROUGH, (minesweeper), was sold. She was purchased by a private shipping company and renamed ISOBEL QUEEN. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1957
HMA Ships GLENELG, KATOOMBA, and PARKES, (minesweepers), were sold out of service for breaking up at Hong Kong. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 April 1957
HMAS Tobruk was taking part in a night encounter exercise while participating in SEATO Exercise ASTRA. The opposing forces were designated ‘blue’ and ‘orange’ respectively and the purpose of the ...
Australian Naval History on 18 March 1957
HMAS PALUMA, a former stores carrier, was commissioned as a survey vessel. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 March 1957
The tug HMAS EMU, (LCDR J. Toulouse, RANVR), rescued six survivors of the merchant ship GOLD SEEKER from Bowen Bay, Bathurst Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 February 1957
723 Squadron recommissioned with five Sycamore helicopters, two Austers and two Firefly target tugs. ...