- Author
- A.N. Other and NHSA Webmaster
- Subjects
- Ship design and development, Ship histories and stories
- Tags
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- RAN Ships
- None noted.
- Publication
- June 1983 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
1970
FIJI, TONGA, NEW ZEALAND and AUSTRALIA: With the royal family visited Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand and Australia (where they took part in the bicentenary celebrations of the voyage of Captain Cook).
NORWAY and SCOTLAND: In September took part in a NATO maritime exercise in the North Sea from Norway to Scotland, acting as Commodore’s flagship in a convoy of merchantmen.
1972
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: In January sailed to Thailand to take part in the royal tour of south-east Asia by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne. In addition to Thailand the itinerary included Singapore, Borneo, Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. On the return journey visits were made to the Maldive Islands, the Seychelles and Mauritius, where the royal family disembarked.
NORTH ATLANTIC: Took part, in April, in a NATO exercise off the Portuguese coast.
FRANCE: In May made the passage to and from Rouen to embark the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh after the royal tour of France.
CHANNEL ISLANDS: Took part, in May, in the tour of the Channel Islands by Princess Anne.
1974
NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA and THE FAR EAST: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked in January at Christchurch, where the Queen had attended the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, for the royal tour of the Far East. In addition to New Zealand, the itinerary included visits to Australia, the Norfolk Islands, the New Hebrides, the British Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and the state visit to Indonesia.
1977
AUSTRALIA, PACIFIC ISLES, NEW ZEALAND: Silver Jubilee visit (Australia March 7-30 1977).