The destroyer HMAS QUIBERON, (CMDR Bath, RAN), on patrol between South Korea and Japan as part of the British Commonwealth occupation Force, intercepted a Korean vessel with over 130 illegal ...
Australian Naval History on 6 June 1948
Australian Naval History on 18 May 1948
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), took the disabled merchant vessel MADONNA in tow, in rough seas, near Lady Elliott Island, (off the coast of QLD), and towed her to Gladstone, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1948
HMAS MINDARI, (Gunnery Instruction Centre located at Woolloomooloo, Sydney), was decommissioned. In recent times the site was occupied by the Gunnery Art Gallery, which referred to its previous use. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1948
First of 12 RAAF Vultee Vengeances airframes were allocated to the RAN FAA at Nowra for use as Fire Fighting Training Aids. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1948
HMAS BARCOO, (frigate), was blown ashore at Glenelg Beach SA, during a gale. She was later re-floated without damage. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1948
HMAS WYATT EARP, (Antarctic supply vessel), returned to Melbourne from Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 March 1948
HMAS Lae paid off. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 February 1948
Group Captain S. Campbell, (RAAF), Dr P. Law, and AB Wallace of HMAS WYATT EARP landed briefly on Ballerys Island in Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 February 1948
VADM Sir John Collins was appointed as Chief of Naval Staff, thus becoming the first RANC graduate to reach the Navy’s highest position. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1948
The Antarctic Research Vessel, HMAS WYATT EARP, (CMDR K.E. Oom, OBE, RAN), sailed from Melbourne for Macquarie Island and Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1948
HMAS MILDURA, (corvette), was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Careening Bay, WA. She was later re- commissioned in 1951 as a training ship for National Servicemen, and undertook this ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1947
HMAS Hobart paid off. From 1953 to 1956 Hobart underwent an extensive refit and modernisation at Newcastle State Dockyard to convert her to a training ship, but was not again ...
Australian Naval History on 15 December 1947
The RN Air Station at Nowra, NSW, was transferred to the RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 December 1947
HMAS Manoora paid off. She was returned to the Adelaide Steam Ship Company on 31 August 1949 ...
Australian Naval History on 23 November 1947
HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), returned to Sydney after a cruise to Tasmania, and moored at No.2 buoy in Sydney Harbour. That night the merchant ship KING STEPHEN lost steerage way while ...
Australian Naval History on 21 November 1947
Nine members of the crew of HMAS TARAKAN, (landing ship tank), were injured, when a box of fuses in a cargo of obsolete ammunition, being dumped off Sydney Heads, exploded. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1947
The Antarctic Research Vessel HMAS WYATT EARP, (CMDR K. E. Oom, OBE, RAN), was commissioned. As FANEFJORD, (wooden steamer), she was laid down in Norway in 1919. Purchased, and re-named ...
Australian Naval History on 14 November 1947
HMAS WHYALLA, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Melbourne Harbour Board and renamed RIP. The previous vessel of this name was the Queensland gunboat PALUMA. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 November 1947
HMA Ships Arunta (I) and Warramunga (I) left Sydney for a second tour of post war duty in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1947
LST 3501, (renamed HMAS LABUAN on 16 December, 1948), LCDR G. M. Dixon, RANVR, in command, sailed from Sydney on the first of seven voyages to Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 September 1947
HMAS WARRNAMBOOL, (minesweeper), sank after striking an Allied laid mine near Cockburn Reef, QLD. Two of the ship’s complement were killed in the initial explosion, and a third was drowned. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 August May 1947
The Australia Government approved the creation of the Naval (later Fleet) Air Arm. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1947
Units of the First Aircraft Carrier Squadron of the Royal Navy led a formation of nine warships into Sydney Harbor. They came through in-close order led by the aircraft carrier ...
Australian Naval History on 20 July 1947
During RN flying off Melbourne 5 were killed and others injured in several crashes of aircraft flying from HM Ships Theseus and Glory. The aircraft were doing flying to demonstrate ...
Australian Naval History on 10 July 1947
HMAS BALLARAT, (minesweeper), was sold out of service and renamed CARMENCITA. ...