HMAS Kangaroo paid off at Sydney and was later classified as a Net Laying Ship in reserve at Sydney and also served as an accommodation ship for Base staff. On ...
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Australian Naval History on 6 December 1955
The first aircraft landed on HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier). It was a Westland Whirlwind helicopter. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 December 1955
HMAS Condamine paid off into Reserve at Sydney. Condamine was sold on 21 September 1961 to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Co Ltd of Hong Kong ...
Australian Naval History on 16 November 1955
HMS NIZAM, (destroyer, ex-HMAS NIZAM), was paid off for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1955
HMAS Lae was sold for scrapping after being in reserve since 1948. Lae and the former HMAS Labuan left Sydney under tow for Hong Kong on 28 October 1956 carrying ...
Australian Naval History on 28 October 1955
The aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE, (ex-HMS MAJESTIC,), was commissioned. MAJESTIC was laid down in Vickers Armstrong Yard, Barrow in Furness, England, on 15 April 1943, and launched on 28 February ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1955
HMAS Vengeance decommissioned and reverted to the Royal Navy. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 September 1955
HMAS QUICKMATCH was re-commissioned as an anti-submarine Frigate ...
Australian Naval History on 23 August 1955
808 Squadron recommissioned at the Royal Navy Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in the south of England. Then equipped with de Havilland Sea Venoms, the Squadron participated in the RAN’s new ...
Australian Naval History on 15 August 1955
816 squadron recommissioned at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, England equipped with Fairey Gannet AS1s anti-submarine aircraft. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1955
724 Squadron commissioned into the RAN at NAS Nowra as a fixed-wing conversion training unit with a variety of aircraft. (Was previously a RN Sqdn number). ...
Australian Naval History on 23 May 1955
HMA Ships ARUNTA and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), were despatched to Singapore, on the first permanent deployment of naval forces in South-East Asia. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1955
The last flying operations took place from HMAS SYDNEY, while she served as a frontline aircraft carrier. The ship was then converted to a training ship, and by the mid ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1955
Both 816 and 817 Squadron was decommissioned at Nowra as the Firefly was phased out of service and replaced by the Fairey Gannet ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1955
HMAS VENGEANCE, (aircraft carrier), was returned to the RN after service in the RAN. She was later sold to Brazil, and renamed MINAS GERIAS. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1955
The Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, announced the decision to commit Australian forces to the Far East Strategic Reserve, (FESR), in Malaya. The Navy’s contribution was to include two frigates or ...
Australian Naval History on 26 March 1955
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (heavy cruiser), departed Sydney under tow of the Dutch tug RODE ZEE, for breaking up at the yard which built her at Barrow-in-Furness, U.K. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 February 1955
HMAS HAWKESBURY, was paid off for disposal. After being declared for disposal early in 1961, she was sold to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Co Ltd of Hong Kong on ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1955
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (8 inch cruiser), was advertised for disposal at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 December 1954
HMAS QUEENBOROUGH was re-commissioned as an anti-submarine Frigate. During conversion she became the first ship of the RAN fitted with Type 170 Asdic and the Mk 10 Limbo mortar. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 October 1954
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), was launched at Williamstown, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1954
HMAS Bataan paid off at Sydney having steamed 279,395 nautical miles since commissioning. Bataan was sold for scrap on 2 May 1958 to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd of Tokyo, Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1954
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), departed from Sydney under tow for the ship-breakers in Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 October 1954
808 Squadron, flying Sea Furies, decommissioned at Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 September 1954
HMAS TIDE AUSTRAL, later renamed SUPPLY, was launched at Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...