HMA Ships PERTH, HOBART, ORION, DUBBO, and IPSWICH, participated in the multinational Exercise AUCKEX 91 in New Zealand waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 October 1991
Australian Naval History on 1 October 1991
HMA Ships HOBART and PERTH, (guided missile destroyers), with DUBBO and IPSWICH, (patrol boats), represented the RAN at the 50th Anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Navy. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 September 1991
HMAS DARWIN, (guided missile frigate), visited her name-city, on completion of her first deployment to the United Nations’ fleet in the Arabian Gulf ...
Battle Honours of HMA Ships (as at Sept 1991)
Letters: HMAS Sydney and Kormoran
HMAS Sydney – A Tale of Two Warships
Obituary: Rear-Admiral H.A.S SHOWERS, CBE
Royal New Zealand Navy’s Fairmile Patrol Craft (Part 2)
Conditions on this leg were easier but there was still a long swell to contend with. At Noumea we were officially handed over to the Commander South West Pacific for ...
Australian Naval History on 10 September 1991
HMAS DUBBO, (patrol boat), and the Australian built RMIS LOMOR, (patrol boat), approached the Marshall Islands port of Majuro on the latter’s delivery voyage ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1991
The ship’s companies of HMAS SWAN, (destroyer escort), and HMAS WESTRALIA, (auxiliary oiler replenishment), commenced repairs to Olongapo Hospital, damaged when Mount Pinatubo erupted ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1991
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), sailed from Sydney for the Red Sea, to maintain sanctions placed on Iraq by the United Nations ...
Australian Naval History on 1 September 1991
The term WRAN in female rank titles was abolished. (*Actual day of month unknown) ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1991
The hydrographic ships BENALLA and SHEPPARTON sailed from Cairns, QLD, for a three month survey in Papua New Guinea waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1991
The ships’ companies of RAN vessels which participated in Operation Damask, in the Red Sea, were honoured by a ‘Welcome Home’ march through the streets of Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1991
CMDR J. Parker, and CPO Darryl Dilger, arrived in Bahrain as the Australian representatives in the Allied Chemical and Biological Weapons Inspection Team. CPO Dilger was awarded the Australian Service ...
Australian Naval History on 20 July 1991
HMAS GERALDTON, (patrol boat), was dispatched to sea to act as a communication link between the disabled Greek tanker KURKI, disabled off the coast of WA, and shore stations. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 July 1991
The RAN presented a collection of relics from the Gulf War to the Australian War Memorial at Canberra. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 1991
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), was the first ship of the RAN to visit the German naval port of Kiel. The Australians were welcomed by survivors of the German raider ...
Australian Naval History on 10 July 1991
The 80th Anniversary of the formation of the RAN was celebrated on this day. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), rescued the pilot of a Singapore Air Force F-16 aircraft, which crashed into the sea after a mid-air collision. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1991
HMAS Brisbane departed Sydney for her final voyage, a circumnavigation of Australia and New Zealand ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1991
HMAS STUART, (destroyer escort), decommissioned at HMAS Stirling, WA. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 June 1991
HMAS DARWIN, (guided missile frigate), led the merchant ships AL SALAM and SANDGATE through a deep water channel in a minefield off Kuwait. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1991
The Naval Dockyard Police and Coxswains categories amalgamated to form the Naval Police Coxswain category ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and HMAS ADELAIDE, (guided missile frigate), made a goodwill visit to Phuket Island, Thailand. ...