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Naval Association Australia Queensland Section
Locality: Woolloongabba
Phone: +61 7 3891 3040
Address: 411 Vulture Street 4102 Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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25.01.2022 Photos from the Queensland Section Annual AGM/Conference The Dinner Dance held at Kedron -Wavell Service Club. The Conference was hosted by the Queensland State Executive. Friday Night a meet and greet was held where the State President Ray Sandford welcome the National President David Manolas and the Delegates to the Conference. ... Saturday the Executive joined the Sub-sections delegates for the Annual AGM which was opened by Capt. Bob Dagworthy. The evening dinner dance was proceeded by a Ceremony of Sunset performed by the RAN Queensland Band and members of the ANC who provide the colour party with the assistance of CPO Boatswain Paul "Duck" Cannard. The delegates members and partners were joined by CDRE Doctor Liz Rushbrook CSC RAN who was the guest speaker and the Commanding Officer of HMAS Moreton, CMDR Phillipa Hat CSC RAN. Music was provided by the RAN Queensland Band under the direction of COP Mus Mike Vaughan. The Executive would like to thank the Kedron-Wavell Service Club Function staff who provide excellent service to the Conference. Service Clubs Function staff who provide excellent service to all who attended.
25.01.2022 15 November 1911 The Australian Blue Ensign was hoisted in HMA Ships PARRAMATTA and YARRA, (torpedo boat destroyers), at Port Phillip, VIC to accompany the joint use of the Royal Navy's White Ensign by Royal Australian Navy ships. The RN White Ensign replaced Australia's national flag flown since 1901 as the Naval Ensign. ... With this joint flying of the White Ensign, Australia, the independent self-governing Dominion, within the British Empire, allowed itself to become more closely aligned to British Admiralty. The Admiralty, slow to accept the independence of it's former colonies, ensured that, following Australia's RADM Creswell, influence would be maintained by only by RN Admirals being appointed as Australia's First Naval Member on the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (ACNB). This was not a legal requirement of the Australian Constitution but had been diplomatically managed. This "agreed" position lasted until RADM Sir John Collins KBE RAN was appointed First Naval Member of ACNB in 1947. Thereafter only Australian Admirals served as First Naval Member on the ACNB. #NAAQLD
24.01.2022 28 November 1942 In the Indian Ocean HMAS Adelaide (I) intercepted the German blockade runner Ramses, flying a Norwegian ensign and identifying herself as Taiyang. Adelaide did not fall for the ruse and opened fire. Ramses’ crew abandoned ship and scuttled her. #NAAQLD
24.01.2022 17 October 1933 The Australian Destroyer Flotilla, HMA Ships STUART, VAMPIRE, VENDETTA, VOYAGER and WATERHEN, departed Chatham and, proceeding via Suez, reached Singapore on 28 November, Darwin on 7 December and Sydney on 21 December 1933. #NAAQLD
23.01.2022 13 October 1940 HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), stood by while HMS YORK, (cruiser), sank the crippled Italian ship ARTIGLIERE, (destroyer). The enemy vessel was damaged in a night engagement with HMS AJAX, between Malta and Crete. AJAX was attacked by a mixed force of destroyers and torpedo boats, and is credited with the sinking of the large torpedo boats AIRONE and ARIEL, in addition to immobilising the ARTIGLIERE. ... HMAS VAMPIRE, (destroyer), picked up one officer and twenty-one ratings from the destroyer. #NAAQLD
23.01.2022 03 October 1942 RAN rates of pay were increased. They were:- Able Seaman, 8s 6d per day ($0.85)... Chief Petty Officer, 12s 6d per day; ($1.25) Midshipman, 7s 6d per day; ($0.75) Sub-Lieutenant, 12s 6d per day; ($1.25) Lieutenant 1 per day; ($2.00) Lieutenant Commander, 1 11s 6d per day; ($3.15) Commander, 2 1s 6d per day; ($4.15) Captain, 3 1s 6d per day; ($6.15) Rear Admiral, 5 1s 6d per day. $10.15) #NAAQLD See more
23.01.2022 04 October 1951 HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), commenced her first patrol in the Korean War. #NAAQLD
22.01.2022 04 October 1941 The German submarine U111 was sunk by HMS LADY SHIRLEY, (trawler), off the Canary Islands. Forty German prisoners were taken by the trawler. For outstanding courage in the action, the following awards were made: DSO - LCDR A. H. Callaway, RANVR... DSC - LEUT I. Boucaut, RANVR. #NAAQLD See more
22.01.2022 01 December 1916 HMAS SYDNEY saw her first action in the North Sea. #NAAQLD
21.01.2022 28 November 1940 The N class destroyer HMAS NAPIER, (CAPT S. H. T. Arliss, RN, CAPT(D), 7th flotilla), was commissioned. NAPIER was laid down in Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering co Ltd, Govan, Scotland, on 26 July 1939, and launched on 22 May 1940. ... CAPT Arliss was the brother of the actor George Arliss. #NAAQLD
21.01.2022 04 October 1974 HMAS ANZAC was paid off at Sydney. She had steamed 693,582.1 miles since commissioning. On 24 November 1975 Anzac (II) was sold to Hifirm Corporation Ltd of Hong Kong. ... She was towed from Sydney by a Japanese tug on 30 December 1975. #NAAQLD
21.01.2022 17 October 1969 The following gallantry awards were made to personnel of the RAN's Helicopter Flight for service in Vietnam: DSC LCDR G. R. Rohrsheim, RAN;... DSC LEUT I. M. Speedy, RAN; DSC LEUT T. F. Supple, RAN; DSC SBLT W. E. Symons, RAN; DFC LCDR R. A. Waddell, RAN; MID LEUT M. A. Perrott, RAN; MID SBLT C. R. R. Rox, RAN; MID SBLT R. J. Kyle, RAN; MID LEUT. A. Hill, RAN; MID LEUTM. J. Ward, RAN; MID SBLT G. E. Vidal, RAN; MID POAM R. C. Cole, RAN. #NAAQLD See more
20.01.2022 03 October 1952 HMAS Macquarie conducted surveillance activities and duties as the weather support ship for the first British atomic test which took place at Monte Bello. #NAAQLD
20.01.2022 01 December 1941 An RAN interrogation team, consisting of CAPT Farquar-Smith, CMDR Dechaineaux, CMDR Ramage, and LCDR. Salm, (Royal Netherlands Navy), questioned prisoners from the German raider KORMORAN. CAPT H. B. Farncomb conducted a separate inquiry into the loss of HMAS SYDNEY. #NAAQLD
20.01.2022 14 October 1951 HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), suffered damage in Typhoon Ruth off Sasebo, Japan. Six aircraft lashed to the flight deck were lost, and the ship sustained damage to sponsons and fittings. Mountainous seas and cyclonic winds swept SYDNEY's deck. #NAAQLD
20.01.2022 04 October 1989 The first Sikorsky Seahawk helicopter was accepted for service in the RAN. #NAAQLD
19.01.2022 03 October 1987 The eight members of the RAN who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, were honoured with a welcome home parade for all Australian Vietnam veterans, through the streets of Sydney. Those honoured were... 22 Feb 1968 Lieutenant Commander Patrick John Vickers, RAN 21 Aug 1968 Lieutenant Anthony Austin Casadio, RAN 21 Aug 1968 Petty Officer O'Brien Cedric Phillips, RAN 3 Jan 1969 Acting Sub Lieutenant Antony Jeffrey Huelin, RAN 31 May 1969 Leading Seaman Noel Ervin Shipp, RAN 17 June 1968 Chief Electrician Raymond Henry Hunt 17 June 1968 Ordinary Seaman Raymond John Butterworth 19 February 1971 Able Seaman Clearance Diver Alan Rex Dempster #NAAQLD
19.01.2022 The president of Sandgate Sub Section, Darby Ashton has requested that you all get behind the establishment of a Memorial Grove as a memorial to the National Defence Chaplains. The grove will be planted in ANZAC Park Toowong. So, come on let's show our support of the chaplains please click on the link below and sign the petition to the Brisbane City Council. https://www.epetitions.brisbane.qld.gov.au/peti//pid/943ed
19.01.2022 17 October 1855 CAPT William Loring, CB, RN, commanded HMS FURIOUS in the attack on Kinburn Split in the Crimea. CAPT Loring was the Commodore Commanding the Australia Station from 1859 to 1860. #NAAQLD
18.01.2022 04 October 2003 The ANZAC class guided missile frigate HMAS PARRAMATTA, was commissioned. PARRAMATTA was laid down in Tenix Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, and launched on 17 June 2000. #NAAQLD
17.01.2022 17 November 1941 The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. Burnett, RAN), handed over the escort of the troop ship ZEALANDIA, to HMS DURBAN in Sunda Strait. #NAAQLD
17.01.2022 17 October 1993 Operation Lagoon ceases, and HMA Ships TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), and SUCCESS, (auxiliary oiler replenishment), depart from Bougainville and return to Australia. The peace conference that they had been supporting had failed to reach a successful conclusion, and after the departure of the SPPKF, the fighting between the PNG Defence Force and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) re-commenced. #NAAQLD
17.01.2022 17 October 1944 LCDR J. M. Alliston, RN, assumed command of HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (destroyer), at sea, relieving CMDR N. A. MacKinnon, RAN, who was taken seriously ill. #NAAQLD
17.01.2022 02 December 1942 HMAS KURU, (auxiliary patrol boat), fought off 23 attacks by 44 Japanese aircraft in the Arafura Sea. An estimated 200 bombs fell in close proximity to the 23 metre wooden vessel. Although damaged by near-misses, KURU arrived safely at Darwin on 3 December. A motorboat from HMAS ARMIDALE, (minesweeper), set out for Darwin to obtain assistance for other survivors on rafts. ... The boat was sighted by an RAAF reconnaissance aircraft on 5 December, 150 miles north-east of the position where ARMIDALE sank. HMAS KALGOORLIE found the boat next day. The 35 men on the rafts were never recovered. #NAAQLD
17.01.2022 17 November 1917 HMS VENDETTA, (destroyer, later HMAS VENDETTA), participated in the light cruiser action off Heligoland. #NAAQLD
17.01.2022 17 November 1914 The captured German yacht KOMET was commissioned as HMAS UNA, at Sydney. It was intended to name the vessel PRIMA, conveying 'the first warship captured' but UNA, meaning 'the only warship' was finally selected. #NAAQLD
16.01.2022 18 May 1917 The Australian Naval Brigade provided guards for the principal wireless stations throughout Australia. #NAAQLD
16.01.2022 02 December 1942 HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), with HM Ships ARGONAUT, AURORA, SINUS, and QUENTIN, sank the Italian destroyer FOLGORE, and four merchant ships, in a point-blank night attack off Skerki Bank, North Africa. #NAAQLD
15.01.2022 28 November 1944 HMA Ships KALGOORLIE and TOWNSVILLE, (minesweepers), completed a three months' search for mines in the Great Barrier Reef, during which time 491 mines were swept. The mines were laid by HMAS BUNGAREE, in 1942 and 1943. #NAAQLD
15.01.2022 03 October 1994 HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), recovered wreckage from a small airliner which crashed into the Tasman Sea, while on passage from Sydney to Lord Howe Island. Nine passengers and crew lost their lives in the crash. #NAAQLD
15.01.2022 17 October 1943 HMAS Gladmore was lost to an accidental fire onboard as were so many of our wartime small craft. There were no casualties. ... Gladmore started life as the Minnehaha in 1908. Built at Fremantle she was a seven tonne, forty-two feet long [12.8 metres] and twelve feet eight inches [8.8 metres] in beam. Capable of 9 knots flat out. After commissioning she became an auxiliary patrol boat working in the west Australian waters. Her armament consisted of one Vickers machine gun and ten depth charges. Her captain was William Paddon on the Naval Auxiliary Patrol. The Patrol came into existence on 12th June 1941. The Naval Auxiliary Patrol (NAP) was a war-raised unit approved on 25 June 1941. It, along with a number of channel patrol boats, was charged with patrolling and safeguarding Australia's inner harbours, ports, rivers and estuaries against enemy sabotage or attack. Prior to June 1941, two organisations, the Volunteer Coastal Patrol (VCP) and the National Emergency Service Yachting Auxiliary (NEYSA), carried out patrols in New South Wales, Queensland and Victorian waters. These two organisations comprised patriotically minded yachtsmen who worked in an entirely honorary capacity and provided their own boats. This changed after the NAP was formed when members were sworn in for full or part time service. Those volunteering for full time service became members of the RAN and received naval rates of pay and wore naval uniform. In May 1942 the NAP was transferred to the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) and was thereafter known as the RANVR NAP. By October 1942 the total strength of the NAP had increased to over 3000 mobilised and unmobilised reserves. This was to remain the case until early 1944 when it was considered that the danger of enemy attack was remote enough to reduce the strength of the NAP to a minimum. By the end of 1944 most of the boats that had been bought by the Navy for NAP duties had been resold or returned to their original owners.#NAAQLD
15.01.2022 02 December 1875 HMVS VICTORIA went to the rescue of the clipper ship TIENSTIN, foundering in Bass Strait. The crew of the disabled ship was taken off, and an attempt was made to tow TIENSTIN to safety, but she rolled over and sank. #NAAQLD
14.01.2022 04 October 1963 The Australian Government placed orders for two Oberon class submarines with Scott's Shipbuilding, Scotland. #NAAQLD
14.01.2022 17 October 1969 The Fourth Submarine Squadron, RAN was renamed the First Australian Submarine Squadron. #NAAQLD
13.01.2022 01 December 1911 SBLT A. M. Longmore, RN, an Australian serving in the RN, successfully landed a Short S27 aircraft fitted with airbags on the Medway River, England. #NAAQLD
13.01.2022 01 December 1914 HMA Ships MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, (cruisers), sailed from Gibraltar to join the British West Indies Fleet. #NAAQLD
12.01.2022 15 November 1888 CAPT Henry Coey Kane, RN, (HMS CALLIOPE), gave evidence before a NSW Parliamentary Committee on the relative merits of various ports in Australasia as the location for a base for ships of the Australia Station. #NAAQLD
11.01.2022 17 October 1941 HMAS CESSNOCK, (minesweeper), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. CESSNOCK was sold out of service in 1947, and was renamed NAN-AU. #NAAQLD
11.01.2022 03 October 1943 HMAS PARKES, (minesweeper), was launched at Evans Deakin, QLD. #NAAQLD
11.01.2022 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 WYATT EARP by US millionaire Lincoln Ellsworth in 1933, she made several runs to the Antarctic. ... In 1939 the Australian Government purchased her for Antarctic exploration, then re-named HMAS WONGALA for WWII service. WYATT EARP made seven voyages to the Antarctic for ANARE, 1947-1948. #NAAQLD
11.01.2022 03 October 1948 RADM J. A. S. Eccles, CBE, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty's Australian Fleet. His flagship was HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser). #NAAQLD
11.01.2022 02 December 1977 AB R. A. McLeod, RAN, was awarded the Australian Bravery Medal for the rescue of five members of the crew of HMAS ARROW, (patrol boat), which sank in Darwin Harbour during Cyclone Tracy, on Christmas morning, 1974. AB McLeod was injured himself at the time of the rescues. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 04 October 1993 HMA Ships TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), and SUCCESS, (auxiliary oiler replenishment), depart Townsville with stores and ADF personnel for Operation Lagoon in Bougainville. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 15 November 1917 One officer and 97 ratings of the RAN Bridging Train transferred to the AIF in preference to being returned to Australia 'for disposal'. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 06 February 1887 VADM Sir John Crace, KBE, CB, RN, was born at Gungahlin, NSW, (now part of modern-day Canberra). Although Australian by birth he entered the Royal Navy in 1902. He rose steadily through the ranks of the Royal Navy and was appointed Commander of the Australian Squadron in November 1939 with the rank of Rear Admiral. ... He commanded the Squadron during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. Crace returned to England in June 1942, was knighted in 1947, and lived there until his death in 1968. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 17 October 1944 HMA Ships NORMAN and QUIBERON, (destroyers), operated with Force 63 in Operation Millet, the air strike and bombardment of the Nicobar Islands. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 Jack Memorial Monthly Ceremony 26 September 2020 On a very hot morning, last Thursday the State Section commemorate the service of Surgeon Leonard Darby and his Medical Team of HMAS Sydney (I) at the Battle of Cocos Island 9th November 1914.... September honoured the surgeons, nurses, orderlies and all medical sailors in the Royal Australian Navy. In peace and at war these often unsung heroes have saved thousands of lives in all conflicts. The commemoration ceremony focused on Surgeon Lieutenant Leonard Darby and his medical team on Sydney in 1914. Lieutenant Leonard Darby [24 years old] was the Senior Surgeon on Board HMAS Sydney I during the early days of World War One. At the outbreak of hostilities on 4 August 1914, Sydney was operating in the Pacific and took part in the brief campaign against the German Pacific possessions during which she participated in the capture of Rabaul 9 to 11 September 1914 and the destruction of the Angaur Island Wireless Station on 26 September 1914. In a famous battle, Australia’s first naval engagement in WW1, Sydney sank the German cruiser Emden off the Cocos Islands, It was a fierce battle with terrible injuries on both sides. Surgeon Darby and his team worked tirelessly, non stop for 40 hours operating on wounds and setting limbs in the tropical heat in makeshift theatres in cabins and corridors. He was 25 years, just out of University of Melbourne medical school. The surgeon on Emden had committed suicide, unable to cope with the slaughter, and in the spirit of his Hippocratic oath, young Leonard saved the lives of about 40 German sailors. He also saved the 17 Sydney casualties but won no medals. The Surgeon was promoted to Director General of Medical Services, in charge of all naval hospitals. It was that hot on the day the Ceremony was moved to under the Ship Inn's awning. The walkers and scooters paused as the bugle was played, the oath repeated, wreaths laid and the bravery of just one sailor honoured. .
10.01.2022 and about time. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 02 December 1918 Port examination stations at principal ports in Australia were closed down. During the war the stations were manned by the Naval Brigade. #NAAQLD
10.01.2022 03 October 1988 HRH, the Duke of Edinburgh, unveiled the HMAS PARRAMATTA Memorial at the northern extremity of Garden Island, Sydney. The stern of Parramatta is in a park at Parramatta. Does this make Parramatta the longest ship to have serve in the RAN #NAAQLD
09.01.2022 04 October 1939 The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS TONGKOL, was commissioned. TONGKOL was laid down in 1926. She was requisitioned for the RAN, from her owner, Mr A. A. Murrell, Sydney, on 4 October 1939. #NAAQLD
09.01.2022 02 October 2020 Pine rivers Sub Section On Friday Night a reduced Anchorage crew witnessed the Investiture Ceremony of Shipmate Bill Burt. Bill join a select group when he was elevated into the OBE. Pine Rivers Sub Section nominates its members to the order on reaching 80 years of age.... Bill was joined by the three other recipients of the award. During the Investiture Ceremony Bill was made aware of the conditions and responsibility that one takes on when elevated to the order, which are listed below: 1. Marital status of parents is irrelevant. 2. The nominee must have been acclaimed at least once by friends as an Old Bastard. 3. Drinking habits must be hearty and jovial, whatever the drink of choice. 4. On encountering other OB's one must administer a hearty slap on the back, together with the cheerful greeting "Hello, you Old Bastard!" 5. Membership card or badge must be carried at all times. Failure to produce same when challenged by another OB incurs a penalty of one round of drinks The Sub Section supplied chicken burgers for dinner, and a cake will be tabled. The Secretary shout, as it was also his birthday. To ensure those attending abided by the Covid-19 rules social distance was observed all food was served, all attending had to sign in and sanitizer was freely available.
09.01.2022 17 November 2021 Many members by now would have heard on the ANZAC Day Parade Brisbane Committees decision to hold the 2021 ANZAC Day Parade within the grounds of the RNA showgrounds and that ADF personnel and Association banners only will be on parade. The Queensland Executive does not agree with this decision and believes that the ANZAC Day Parade should be in the first instance for Veterans. The President has written to the committee voicing the Association's displeasure at their decision.
09.01.2022 17 November 1918 HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), received on board two released POWs taken when HMAS AE2, (submarine), was sunk in the Sea of Marmara. #NAAQLD
08.01.2022 04 October 1941 HMAS GAWLER, (minesweeper), was launched at Whyalla, SA. #NAAQLD
08.01.2022 BZ to the Crew at Port Adeliade.
08.01.2022 04 October 1913 The first RAN fleet, under the command of RADM Sir George Patey, RN, in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), entered Sydney Harbour. With AUSTRALIA were her consorts HMA Ships MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, ENCOUNTER, PARRAMATTA, YARRA, and WARREGO. #NAAQLD
08.01.2022 04 October 2009 HMAS Canberra II was scuttled in 28 metres of water off Ocean Grove, Victoria to create an artificial reef and diving site. #NAAQLD
07.01.2022 06 February 1893 During a flood the gunboat HMQS PALUMA (CAPT G. Pirie, RN), the steamer ELIMANG, and the hulk MARY EVANS, were washed up high and dry in Brisbane's Botanical Gardens. The same disastrous flood carried away three bridges across the Brisbane River and swept 12 other ships out to sea. #NAAQLD
07.01.2022 14 October 1945 The DSC was awarded to LEUT E. J. Peel, RAN, and LCDR S. W. S. Scott, RAN(E), for conspicuous gallantry in the Battle of the Philippines. LEUT Peel's award was for distinguished service while commanding HMAS GASCOYNE, (frigate), during the action off Luzon in January 1945. ... LCDR Scott's award was for hazardous operations while commanding the smallest RAN vessel engaged in the Philippines campaign, ML 1074. The Harbour Defence Vessel photo is of HMAS Rushcutter ML 1321 #NAAQLD
07.01.2022 17 October 1973 HMPNGS SALAMAUA, (landing craft heavy), was commissioned into the PNGDF. She was a sister ship to the RAN LCH's, and was a gift from Australia to Papua New Guinea. #NAAQLD
07.01.2022 13 October 1934 HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), searched for the missing airliner Miss Hobart, in the vicinity of Wilsons Promontory, VIC. #NAAQLD
06.01.2022 14 October 1917 The Australian destroyer flotilla, HMA Ships WAREGO, PARRAMATTA, YARRA, SWAN, TORRENS, and HUON, began patrol operations in the Mediterranean, at the mouth of the Adriatic Sea, from a base at Brindisi, Italy. #NAAQLD
05.01.2022 17 November 1903 The Daily Telegraph, Sydney reported:- 'New Survey Ship For Australia. The British Admiralty has purchased the yacht CONSUELO, (owned by the 26th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres), for survey work in Australian waters'. The vessel was a screw schooner of 270 tons displacement, 50 metres long and 8.2 metres beam, built in 1887 by Robert Steele & Co., Greenock, Scotland. She was commissioned HMS INVESTIGATOR in 1903, and in 1904 changed to HMS SEALARK. She saile...d from Portsmouth in September 1904. In 1919 the vessel was sold to the Patrick Steam Company, Sydney. Subsequently her name was changed to SEALARK III in 1920, NORWEST in 1923, had a change of owner to William Waugh Ltd in 1925, and was removed from registry on 26/05/1925. The figurehead depicting Helen Elizabeth Lambert, (daughter of the first owner Charles Lambert), was presented to the Naval Dockyard, Garden Island. #NAAQLD
05.01.2022 14 October 1939 The Australian coastal passenger liner MANOORA was requisitioned by the RAN, and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. In 1943 she was converted to a landing ship infantry. #NAAQLD
05.01.2022 17 October 1963 A sub lieutenant and four midshipmen were drowned when a whaler from HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), was swamped off Hayman Island, in the Great Barrier Reef. #NAAQLD
04.01.2022 02 December 1939 The German pocket battleship GRAF SPEE took the first Australian naval POW's of WWII, after sinking the merchant ships DORIC STAR and TAIROA, in the South Atlantic. The Australians were DEMS ratings of the RANR. #NAAQLD
04.01.2022 Welcome Home Team Rankin. #NAAQLD
03.01.2022 Lest we forget. #NAAQLD
03.01.2022 28 November 1942 HMAS QUIBERON and HMS QUENTIN sank the Italian submarine DESSIE, north of Bone, North Africa. #NAAQLD
03.01.2022 14 October 1987 The Minister for Defence, Mr. Kim Beazley, announced a $50 million upgrade for the RAN's Hydrographic Branch, following the introduction of LADS, (Laser Airborne Depth Sounding). The last flight was on 6 November 2019 #NAAQLD
03.01.2022 04 October 1970 HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), fired on Viet Cong infiltration trails, bunkers, and supply dumps around Da Nang. #NAAQLD
03.01.2022 28 November 1944 LEUT K.R. Hudspeth, RANVR was awarded his third DSC, while commanding the midget submarine X-20 off the beaches of Normandy, prior to the Allied landing. #NAAQLD
03.01.2022 14 October 1952 808 Squadron made history by landing four Sea Furies aboard SYDNEY while the ship was at anchor. Lieutenant Commander Julian Cavanagh, Lieutenant Fred Lane and Sub Lieutenants Peter Wyatt and Andy Powell had flown across Australia from Nowra in battle formation and were originally planned to land aboard SYDNEY before she entered Fremantle. Poor weather meant that the exercise was postponed until after the ship had left Fremantle and the Sea Furies instead lan...ded at RAAF Base Pearce. SYDNEY found favourable conditions, however, in the lee of Rottnest Island and the four aircraft scrambled quickly to land on Sydney while she remained at anchor. #NAAQLD
02.01.2022 The following was received at the State Office by email. From: Donald, Daniel
02.01.2022 28 November 1942 HMA Ships BALLARAT and KATOOMBA, (minesweepers), were attacked by 10 Japanese dive bombers west of Buna. The ships escaped serious damage, shot down one aircraft, and damaged two. #NAAQLD
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