ON 21ST OCTOBER, six Sea Furies attacked the suspected invasion junks, sinking 7 and damaging 15. Two Sea Furies were detailed to assist HMAS Murchison negotiate shallow water hazards which ...
Korean War
Farewell to Old Sydney Forever
ALTHOUGH HER DAYS WERE NUMBERED, the shock announcement on July 20th ‘The transport HMAS Sydney is to be paid off. She will be withdrawn from the Australian Fleet and will ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1953
HMAS Mildura paid off at Melbourne, having steamed 208,132 miles since first commissioning in July 1941. On 8 December 1954 the tug HMAS Sprightly departed Melbourne with Mildura in tow. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1953
HMAS TOBRUK sank a large North Korean supply sampan in the Yangoi area. HMAS QUADRANT was re-commissioned after conversion to a anti-submarine frigate. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 December 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), flew sorties in bad flying conditions to cover convoys supplying UN ground forces at Inchow, Korea. ...