By Captain Surtees M. Rothery The story begins with the author as a young lad growing up in the Vaucluse area of Sydney in the 1920s. Captain Rothery paints a ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 23 May 1994
Exercise RIMPAC 94 commenced in Hawaiian waters, involving ships from Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. HMA Ships HOBART, SYDNEY, DARWIN, SUCCESS, and OVENS, were involved. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 April 1994
The training ship HMAS JERVIS BAY, (ex MV AUSTRALIAN TRADER), decommissioned at Garden Island Sydney. Nicknamed at times JB, the Love Boat, (due to being the first RAN vessel to ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1994
The Naval Depot in Brisbane, HMAS MORETON, was decommissioned after over 60 years of service. The base opened in 1933 as HMAS PENGUIN IV; in 1940 it changed to HMAS ...
Australian Naval History on 21 March 1994
HMAS ENCOUNTER, (shore establishment at Port Adelaide), was decommissioned, marking the end of a century of naval presence in the Port Adelaide area. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1994
The guided missile frigate HMAS SYDNEY, (CMDR Richard McMillan), rescued the crew of the disabled yacht PACIFIC BREEZE, some 285 miles southeast of Jervis Bay. ...
New Diving Launches Arrive
August 16, 1993 saw two new large diving launches constructed by Geraldton Boat Builders of Geraldton, arrive at HMAS STIRLING for handover to the Royal Australian Navy in company with ...
HMAS Sterling-Fleet Base West
HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran – Possible and Probable Search Areas
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1994
HMAS NIRIMBA, the RAN’s Apprentice Training School at Quaker’s Hill, west of Sydney, was decommissioned. ...