The Minister for the Navy, Mr. D. Chipp, commended HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), on the rescue of a seriously ill scientist at Macquarie Island. PERTH steamed through heavy gales ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1967
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS COLLETT, came under fire from enemy coastal batteries off Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), came under North Vietnamese battery fire when she closed the coast to engage enemy barges. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 April 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), fired on enemy truck parks and petrol stores at Xom Vinh and Quan Tay, Vietnam. HOBART was the ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), fired her 1000th round in Vietnam while supporting the US 1st Air Cavalry Division near Duc Pho. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), fired the first RAN shots in the Vietnam War. The destroyer provided support fire for an attack by the US Marines 37 Battalion at Da ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1967
Clearance Diving Team 3 carried out their first underwater examination of a ship in the Vietnam War at Vung Tau. The vessel was the Australian ship MV JEPARIT, later to ...
Australian Naval History on 27 March 1967
The Oberon class submarine HMAS OXLEY, (LCDR D. H. Lorrimer, RAN), was commissioned. OXLEY was laid down at Scott’s Yard, Greenock, Scotland, on 2 July 1964, and launched on 24 ...
Australian Naval History on 10 March 1967
HMAS BOONAROO departed Port Wilson, VIC, on her first and only voyage to South Vietnam. A general freighter of the Australian National Line (ANL) she had been commissioned nine days ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1967
A Naval Detachment of one officer and 18 sailors was embarked in the ANL vessel JEPARIT. These men helped crew the vessel on its voyages to South Vietnam due to ...
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), sailed from Garden Island to join the US Seventh Fleet off Vietnam. HOBART was the first RAN ship ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1967
The Australian White Ensign was hoisted in all ships and establishments of the RAN. The British White Ensign had been used by the RAN since 1913. The supply ship HMAS ...
Australian Naval History on 19 February 1967
RAN Clearance Diving Teams commenced operations in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 February 1967
The crews of HMAS DERWENT, (destroyer escort), and HM Submarines TABARD and TRUMP, landed to fight disastrous bushfires near Hobart, TAS. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1967
The Peruvian Navy training ship INDEPENCIA visited Sydney. The vessel was the first warship of Peru to visit Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 February 1967
Clearance Diving Team 3, LEUT M. T. Shotter, RAN, arrived at Vung Tau. This was the first unit of the RAN to serve in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 December 1966
The Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt, announced to Parliament that the new Australian White Ensign was formally approved. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1966
As the floating crane “Falcon” was lifting a Tracker S2E, Bu No 151646, from the Pyrmont wharf on to a lighter, a sling broke and the aircraft fell into Sydney ...
Australian Naval History on 7 November 1966
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave Royal Consent to the new Australian White Ensign. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 November 1966
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), towed the USS TIRU, (submarine), off Frederick Reef in the Coral Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1966
HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, (frigate), made a high speed dash from Hobart to Macquarie Island, to rescue a seriously ill scientist of the Australian Antarctic Expedition. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 October 1966
The largest warship to be built in Australia, HMAS STALWART, (escort maintenance ship), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1966
Confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia officially ceased. Several RAN units, including destroyer escorts, and the Ton class minesweepers, had been involved in the confrontation, mainly conducting anti-infiltration patrols off Singapore, ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1966
HMAS Queenborough recommissioned for service as a training ship ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1966
Kenneth Douglas Gray, who as pilot of an RAF Lancaster bomber was awarded a DFC in 1943, was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Royal Australian Navy. Acting ...