This article first appeared in The Australian Warship Review, Vol. 4/1999. From 1961 to 1998, varying numbers of the long-serving Type 12 (or River class) antisubmarine frigates served in the ...
Naval Historical Society of Australia
Preserving Australia's Naval History
Gillett, Ross · ·
Thomson, Max · ·
The painting of HMAS Warramunga reflects a major article in this edition which provides a potted history of the RAN in the Korean War. The images of HMAS Adelaide reference the article about Adelaide’s Boarding party. It was only resourceful action by the ship’s helicopter, directed by the Flight Commander, that enabled the Boarding Party to be safely recovered, thereby averting an international incident.