HMAS Melbourne III decommissioned at Fleet Base East. Since commissioning in 1992, Melbourne had steamed more than 900,000 nautical miles, deployed on operations to the Middle East eight times and ...
Before her time – the tale of Navy’s first female sailor
Twenty-one years before the first Women’s Royal Australian Navy members (WRANs) entered service due to a shortage of telegraphists during the Second World War, a young Tasmanian girl was enlisted ...
Special feature interview with an incredible veteran on the 80th anniversary of WWII
Alan Jones hosted a special feature interview to mark 80 years since Australia joined World War II. On September 3, 1939, Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced to the nation that ...
Australian Naval History on 30 August 2019
The future HMAS Stalwart III, was launched by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia at its Ferrol shipyard ...
Australian Naval History on 2 February 1994
The decommissioned USS Goldsborough arrived at Garden Island after purchase from the USN for equipment to establish training facilities for maintenance personnel and spare parts for RAN DDGs ...
Australian Naval History on 3 September 1981
HMAS Swan becomes the first RAN ship to visit China in 32 years, docking at Shangahi. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 May 2019
Keel laid for HMAS Arafura , Offshore Patrol Vessel ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 2019
HMAS Newcastle decommissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 June 2019
HMAS Success II decommissioned. ...
Special Service Squadron ‘down under’ March to April 1924
In 1924 the Royal Navy’s Special Service Squadron visited Australia and New Zealand. Ships involved: Battlecruisers under Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Field – HMS Hood (Captain John K Im Thurn) ...