On This Day - 22 June
- 1893
- VADM Sir George Tryon, a former Flag Officer Commanding Australia Station, lost his life when his flagship, HMS VICTORIA, was rammed by HMS CAMPERDOWN, off Tripoli, Syria. Tryon was found to be at fault.
- 1942
- RADM Muirhead Gould, reported that four Japanese midget submarines had entered Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May-1 June. Examination of enemy records after the war, showed that only three midget submarines were launched in the attack.
- 1943
- HMA submarine K9 was commissioned for anti-submarine training. As KIX she had been a unit of the Netherlands Navy.
- 1945
- HMAS ARUNTA, (destroyer), landed troops at Miri Lutong. HMA Ships DUBBO, KIAMA, and LITHGOW, (minesweepers), shelled Japanese positions on Bougainville.
- 1959
- HMAS Diamantina was recommissioned into the RAN as a survey and oceanographic research vessel. Diamantina had previously paid off to the reserve in August 1946 after service in New Guinea during the final phases of World War II. HMAS Fremantle finally paid off at Sydney for disposal. She had steamed 113,654 miles since recommissioning in 1952. In all, including her war time service, she had steamed 190,776 miles. Fremantle was sold on 6 January 1961 to Kinoshita (Australia) Pty Ltd to be broken up
- 1993
- The guided missile frigate, HMAS Sydney (IV), departed for Operation DAMASK.
- 2023
- The Evolved Cape class patrol boat ADV Cape Woolamai was officially accepted
'On This Day' is based on the book "Navy Day by Day: Historic Naval Events in Australia and Abroad" written by the late Lew Lind. More information.