HMAS Westralia paid off at Sydney after steaming 120,978 miles in naval service. She subsequently provided a service between Sydney and Kure for the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces from December ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1946
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1946
The WRANS were officially disbanded although the final members did not leave until 1947 ...
Australian Naval History on 27 August 1946
The diesel tug HMAS BRONZEWING, was commissioned. BRONZEWING was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, and launched on 2 February 1946. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 August 1946
HMAS Bunbury paid off in Sydney bringing her seagoing career to a close after steaming 101,000 miles since commissioning. Bunbury was sold on 6 January 1961 to Kinoshita (Australia) Pty ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 1946
HMS Broome (formerly HMAS Broome) was handed over to the Turkish Navy at Istanbul and renamed Alanya. In mid-April 1946 Broome had been paid off and recommissioned into the Royal ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1946
HMAS BROOME, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed ALANYA. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1946
HMAS KALGOORLIE, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Netherlands Navy and renamed TERNATE. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 August 1946
HMAS GAWLER, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed AYVALIK. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1946
HMAS TOWNSVILLE, (minesweeper), was sold out of service for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 August 1946
HMAS Bungaree decommissioned on and returned to her owners on 5 November 1947. Bungaree was subsequently on-sold twice and in 1960 was renamed Eastern Mariner. Whilst operating in South Vietnamese ...
Australian Naval History on 6 August 1946
HMAS PIRIE, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Turkish Navy, and renamed AMASRA. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1946
HMAS Rockhampton paid off into Reserve at Sydney, having steamed some 176,077 miles. She was sold as scrap to Kino Shito (Australia) Pty Ltd in January 1961. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 July 1946
The diesel tug HMAS EMU, was commissioned. EMU was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, and launched on 25 June 1946. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 July 1946
RAFA Kurumba paid off. She was sold in January 1948 to Artemis Maritime Co Inc, Panama, who renamed her Angeliki. She was later re-named Evangelos ...
Australian Naval History on 17 July 1946
LEUT J. F. Bell, RAN, qualified as the first officer in the RAN to be trained in ship construction. He achieved the highest marks in his course. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1946
HMAS Cessnock paid off at Sydney. She was sold on 23 April 1947 to the Nan Chiao Shipping and Salvage Co Ltd, Shanghai, for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1946
HMA Ships QUADRANT and QUEENBOROUGH, (destroyers), were docked in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island. They were the first ships of the RAN to use the dock. All ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1946
At Colombo HMA Ships Ipswich, Burnie and Toowoomba paid off and were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy. Burnie was renamed Ceram. Ipswich was renamed Morotai. In 1949 the ship ...
Australian Naval History on 4 July 1946
HMA LST 3035 , ex HM LST 3035, commissioned into the RAN in Ceylon while in Walkers Graving Dock. She was later renamed HMAS Lae. HMA LST 3017 , ex ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1946
HMAS Lismore paid off at Trincomalee. The same day she commissioned as HNMS Batjan having steamed 191,132 miles as a unit of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1946
The landing ships tank Mark III, LST 3008, LST 3014, LST 3017, LST 3022, LST 3035 and LST 3501 were loaned to the RAN by the RN. They were designated ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1946
The diesel tug HMAS MOLLYMAWK, was commissioned. MOLLYMAWK was laid down in Poole & Steel Ltd, Sydney, and launched on 3 May 1946. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 June 1946
HMAS Geraldton paid off at Colombo and on 24 August 1946 she was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed Antalya. After her sister ship Ayvalik (ex HMAS Gawler) was ...
Australian Naval History on 8 June 1946
The Dutch submarine K9 was wrecked off Seal Rocks, NSW, while under tow to the Netherlands East Indies. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1946
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (frigate), towed ASR912 from Manus Island to Sydney. ...