Fleet Air Arm Museum in Nowra, New South Wales | History Museum

Fleet Air Arm Museum

Locality: Nowra, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4424 1920

Address: 489A Albatross Road 2541 Nowra, NSW, Australia

Website: www.navy.gov.au/heritage/museums/fleet-air-arm-museum

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24.01.2022 Join us for the live stream of the Remembrance Day commemoration at the Australian War Memorial.

23.01.2022 Museum Manager Stu Harwood and the FAA Wessex

22.01.2022 Former Wessex pilot and curator of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at HMAS Albatross, Mr Stuart Harwood with the museum's Westland Wessex static display aircraft.

21.01.2022 The collection's curator of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at HMAS Albatross, Ms Ailsa Chittick preparing a photographic exhibition for the reopening of the museum

14.01.2022 Royal Australian Navy clearance divers have helped to re-open access to one of the world’s most significant and biologically diverse coral reefs, situated withi...n the Lord Howe Marine Park 550km from the NSW coastline. A team from Australian Clearance Diving Team One (AUSCDT ONE), with support from ship’s company from HMAS Adelaide and an embarked MRH-90 helicopter, located and removed unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Elizabeth Reef at the request of Parks Australia. AUSCDT ONE is based at HMAS Waterhen in Sydney. Adelaide is Navy’s current High Readiness Vessel, Adelaide and was already at sea conducting a range of training exercises to maintain her readiness to conduct the full spectrum of operations, such as Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, in support of the Australian public and our neighbours. #AusNavy #yourADF https://www.navy.gov.au//organi/clearance-diving-teams/one https://www.navy.gov.au//organisati/clearance-diving-teams https://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-waterhen https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide-iii https://www.navy.gov.au/aircraft/mrh-90-taipan

12.01.2022 Former Navy aviation technicians Mr Michael Konzen and Mr Tom Birkmyre who works as maintainers at the Fleet Air Arm Museum removing the piston covers from a Bristol Centaurus engine belonging to the museum's Sea Fury static display aircraft.

11.01.2022 Completing a couple of busy days of further collection rationalisation, Winjeel prototype #2 (A85-346) departed the Museum's storage facility at HMAS ALBATROSS, Nowra NSW on 12 October 2020. -346 will hopefully be back on display at a new venue in the not too distant future. Meanwhile keep your eye out for other Winjeel movements as we hope to see a replacement exhibit delivered to the FAAM soon(ish).

07.01.2022 A recent visit by relatives of Admiral Sir Victor Trumper Smith had to be postponed but we promised to share the museum’s display dedicated to this remarkable man so here is Museum Manager Stuart Harwood sharing some highlights of the distinguished career of the founder of the Fleet Air Arm.

06.01.2022 Whilst we remain closed to the public, we have been taking the opportunity to conduct some facilities maintenance and collection management. Saturday 10 October 2020 saw the departure of two long term guests, which have been in storage (off display) for some years. The MIG 15 UTI and MIG 17 will eventually be displayed by the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society, Albion Park NSW.

05.01.2022 A big few days ahead. Replacing fluorescent tubes in the exhibition hall with LEDs. All 192 of them.

03.01.2022 10 October 2020 - MIG 15 UTI (607) departs the RAN FAAM's storage facility at HMAS ALBATROSS, Nowra NSW, for a new future with the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society, Albion Park NSW.

01.01.2022 Today is a great day for our Navy, our nation and a young, Australian sailor who paid the highest price to save his shipmates from certain death. I welcome t...he announcement that today, the late Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean, will be recognised with the award of a Victoria Cross for Australia. The first for a member of the Royal Australian Navy. There is no higher honour than the Victoria Cross. Teddy Sheean’s story of bravery is well known in our Navy and we have long recognised his heroic and gallant actions. This story, this account, is the stuff of legend. Sheean’s actions on that day, 1 December 1942, were absolutely amongst the most conspicuous and most gallant we’ve seen in our Navy. Ordinary Seaman Sheean joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1941 from his hometown of Lower Barrington in Tasmania, when Australia was in the grip of the Second World War. Fresh from recruit school, he trained hard, took his duty seriously and showed loyalty to his mates. In 1942, at only 18 years’ of age, he was posted to HMAS Armidale as a loader for one of the ship’s three Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. He was the youngest member of Armidale’s Ship’s Company. Less than six months later, in the vicinity of East Timor, HMAS Armidale came under a coordinated torpedo and bomb attack by enemy aircraft. Listing heavily to port from battle damage, the order was given to abandon ship. As the ship sank, Ordinary Seaman Sheean returned to his Action Station, and was wounded on the way. He strapped himself in to the Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun, potentially giving up any chance of survival, and opened fire at enemy aircraft. As bullets strafed his shipmates, Teddy continued to fire that gun until he himself, went down with the ship. His heroism has become a standard our men and women of our modern Navy aspire to. His spirit of courage, of sacrifice and of service is an enduring part of our Navy, living on through our Fleet and our People. Our Values are borne from the actions of those who have served before us, like Teddy, who in the face of adversity, showed service, courage, respect, integrity and excellence. I cannot understate the esteem in which he is held by our Navy People, past and present. HMAS Sheean, a Collins Class Submarine, is the first and only ship in the Royal Australian Navy to bear the name of an Ordinary Seaman. More than 500 of our submariners have proudly worn his name on their cap tally band over the last 20 years, and at least another 500 will do so in the years ahead. This is a proud moment for Teddy Sheean’s Family, who have fought for many decades for this outcome, and I congratulate them on their perseverance, and today’s announcement. This award, the Victoria Cross for Australia, is a great honour for the late Teddy Sheean, for his Shipmates, for his Family, for the Royal Australian Navy, for the Australian Defence Force, and for our Nation.