HMAS SYDNEY was commissioned as a fast troop transport under CAPT R. I. Peek, OBE, DSC, RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1962
Australian Naval History on 3 March 1962
The former cruiser HMAS HOBART departed Sydney under tow for breaking up in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 February 1962
VADM Sir Wilfred Hastings Harrington, DSO, CBE, KBE, was appointed as Chief of Naval Staff. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 February 1962
HMAS COOTAMUNDRA, (minesweeper), was sold out of service for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 January 1962
Divers discovered the wreck of MV FAIR WIND at the entrance to the Macleay River, NSW. The vessel was under charter to the RAN for surveying in New Guinea waters ...
Australian Naval History on 8 January 1962
RADM A. W. R. McNicoll, CBE, GM, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1961
RAN Clearance Divers operating from HMAS KIMBLA, and the diving tender WALRUS, salvaged vital parts of a Viscount civil airliner, which had crashed with the loss of 15 lives into ...
Australian Naval History on 10 September 1961
The K13 Memorial Park was dedicated at Carlingford, in northern Sydney. The memorial was the idea of ex-Leading Telegraphist Charles Freestone, who had served in the ill fated HMS K13, ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1961
The River class destroyer escort, (ex-type 12 frigate), HMAS YARRA, (CMDR J. L. W. Merson, RAN), was commissioned. YARRA was laid down in Williamstown Dockyard, VIC on 9 April 1957, ...
Australian Naval History on 4 July 1961
The River class destroyer escort HMAS PARRAMATTA, (CMDR G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), was commissioned. PARRAMATTA was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, 3 January 1957, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1961
HMAS MELBOURNE used the RAN-devised Bailey Bridge loading ramp for aircraft carriers at Garden Island, Sydney. The ramp greatly reduced the time required for loading. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1961
Fleet entry into Sydney Harbour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the RAN. Included were HMAS Melbourne, Voyager, Quickmatch, Parramatta, Swan, Warrego, Barcoo, Kimbla and HMS Tapir and Trump. At ...
Australian Naval History on 2 June 1961
The Chilean Navy’s ESMERALDA, (barquentine), visited Sydney. The training ship was the first large sailing vessel to call at the port for ten years. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1961
725 Squadron decommissioned and its aircraft were transferred to 724 Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 May 1961
The nuclear-powered submarine USS SARGO, visited Sydney for Coral Sea Week celebrations. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 April 1961
HMAS DERWENT, (destroyer escort), was launched at Williamstown, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 April 1961
HMAS STUART, (destroyer escort), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 April 1961
The British First Sea Lord, Lord Carrington, announced British plans for the creation of powerful naval and commando forces in the Far East in conjunction with the RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 March 1961
RAN clearance divers cleared underground ducts in tunnels of the Snowy Mountains Authority’s project at Lake Eucumbene, NSW. The team worked in depths of 80 metres in freezing conditions to ...
Australian Naval History on 13 March 1961
HMA Ships BUNDABERG and BUNBURY, (minesweepers), were sold out of service for breaking up in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 March 1961
The Navy Memorial Chapel at HMAS WATSON, (shore base, Sydney), was dedicated. Sycamore XD654 ditched alongside HMS Hermes while operating from HMAS Sydney near the Cocos Islands and written off. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1961
HMAS Anzac (II) became the Fleet Training Ship (seaman training only), with an extra deckhouse aft and the director removed ...
Australian Naval History on 19 February 1961
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), took off 12 passengers from the Shaw Savill freighter RUNIC, aground on Middleton Reef, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 january 1961
HMA Ships, ARARAT, COWRA, FREMANTLE, GYMPIE, ROCKHAMPTON, and STRAHAN, (minesweepers), were sold out of service for breaking up. GYMPIE was broken up at Sydney and the other ships in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 1960
The hulk of HMAS PENGUIN, (composite screw corvette), was burnt at Kerosene Bay, Sydney. ...