The Australian Government approved the establishment of the RAN Fleet Air Arm. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1947
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1947
HMAS QUICKMATCH, (destroyer), arrived at Nanking with Professor Copeland, the newly appointed Australian Ambassador to China and his staff. QUICKMATCH was the first ship of the RAN to visit the ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1947
HMAS Maryborough was sold to the Australian General Trading and Shipping Syndicate, who renamed her Isobel Queen. She had paid off from the RAN in December 1945. For years she ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1947
HMAS Ararat (I) paid off into the Reserve Fleet at Sydney. She had steamed 109,000 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 3 April 1947
HMAS STUART was sold out of service for breaking up. The keel of the ship is now buried in Kissing Point Bay, Sydney. A plaque put in place by Ryde ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1947
The modified River class frigate HMAS CULGOA, (CMDR H. L. Gunn, RAN), was commissioned. CULGOA was laid down at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, VIC on 15 July 1943, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1947
After a short commission, which lasted only 15 months, HMAS Barwon paid off into Reserve. Barwon was sold as scrap to HC Sleigh for Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd. She was ...
Australian Naval History on 16 March 1947
HMAS GOULBURN, (minesweeper), was sold out of service and renamed BENITA. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 February 1947
HMAS Dubbo paid off into Reserve at Sydney. On 20 February 1958 she was sold for scrap to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd, Tokyo. In June 1958 the Japanese salvage vessel ...
Australian Naval History on 3 February 1947
HMAS STUART, (destroyer), was sold out of service and broken up at Ryde, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 January 1947
HMAS Koopa was returned to her owners, Brisbane Tug and Steamship Company Ltd, on 10 January 1947 ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1946
Three seamen from HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), were washed overboard during exercise off Port Phillip, VIC. Despite immediate action to recover the sailors, two, Ordinary Seamen, D.R. Egglestone and C. E. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1946
HMAS Ballarat paid off into Reserve at Sydney and was sold to a Hong Kong shipping company, China Traders Ltd, on 10 July 1947. Ballarat (I) did not leave Australian ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1946
The merchant ship BANTAM was sunk as a gunnery target off Sydney by HMAS CONDAMINE, (frigate). ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1946
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 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. ...