23 Jan 1929. Seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross commissioned
HMAS Albatross ,pictured operating her Sea Gull III amphibian aircraft (Phil Belbin – Naval Heritage Collection), was built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard during the...
20 Jan 1942 –Deloraine’s depth-charge attack
20 January 1942
On this day HMAS Deloraine’s Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Desmond Menlove wrote in his after action report of his engagement...
9 Aug 1942 HMAS Canberra lost
On this day 9 August 1942 HMAS Canberra was lost in the night battle of Savo Island while protecting the Guadalcanal beachheads.as part of a USN Task Force. Eighty four of her ship's company lost their lives including her highly respected Commanding Officer Captain Frank Getting, RAN. 30 June 1942. Coastwatcher lands in Solomons
On this day RANVR Coastwatcher LEUT Frederick . A. (Snowy) Rhoades, RANVR, landed with the first echelon of assault troops at Rendova, Solomon Islands,...
28 June 1942. DSO for dive bombing gallantry
On this day LCDR Gerald Mellor Haynes, RAN, was awarded the DSO for conspicuous gallantry in dive bombing enemy aerodromes, torpedo attacks and mine...
24 July 1941. HMAS Parramatta (II) under attack
On this day in 1941 the RAN sloop HMAS Parramatta (II) was on her first Tobruk run when she and the convoy she was...
23 July 1913. Commissioning of HMAS Sydney (I)
On this Day in 1913 HMAS Sydney was commissioned at Portsmouth under the command of Captain John Glossop. His lifelong association with Australia...
22 June 1893. Tryon and HMS Victoria collision with HMS Camperdown
On this Day in 1893 former Admiral Commanding the RN Australasian Squadron, Admiral Sir George Tryon, caused his own death and that of 353...
21 June 1944. Bombay explosion
21 June 1944. On this day in 1944 HMAS Gawler, (Bathurst class minesweeper), landed working parties at Bombay to assist restoration of port facilities,...
20 June 1940. George Medal for disarming torpedoes
20 June 1940. On this Day the George Medal was awarded to LCDR Alan Wedell Ramsay McNicoll, RAN. The award for bravery, not in...