16 June 1925: Establishment of the RAN Fleet Air Arm
16 June – On this day in 1925, Commonwealth Navy Order 137 of 1925 was promulgated establishing a Fleet Air Arm for the RAN...
15 June 1942: HMAS Nestor crippled in the Mediterranean
15 June – On this day in 1942, the N class destroyer, HMAS Nestor (Commander A.S. Rosenthal, RAN), was part of the covering force...
13 June 1968: Iroquois crash in Vietnam
ON THIS day in 1968, an Iroquois of the RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam crashed in enemy occupied territory in Vietnam. Lieutenant J.M. Leak, Lieutenant...
6 June 1944: RANVR and Operation Neptune
AT THE time of the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 the focus of Australia’s Navy was the Pacific. There were, however, a good...
Sharwood’s flight 1 June 1918
ON this day, June 1, in 1918 fighter aircraft (replica pictured) from HMA ships Sydney and Melbourne were launched from platforms rigged over the...
26 Apr 1943
26 April – ON THIS DAY in 1943 the RAN corvettes HMAS Colac (pictured) and Ballarat were escorting a convoy of five ships about...
25 Apr 1916. The first Anzac Day
ON THIS day 25 April 1916 00 100 years ago – General John Monash, the commander of the Anzacs, recovering and reinforced in Egypt after the failure of the Gallipoli expedition, turned his men out his brigade and its attached units at 6.45am (note, well after dawn). 20 Apr 1933. ‘Father of RAN’ dies
20 April – On this day in 1933 occurred the death of VADM Sir William Creswell the Father of the RAN.
In 1899, at a conference of Australian naval officers in Melbourne Lieutenant Creswell came to prominence when he recommended the raising of an Australian Navy. 20 Apr 1969. HMAS Ovens commissioned
ON this day in 1969 the Oberon Class submarine, HMAS Ovens, was commissioned at Greenock, Scotland. 19 Apr 1993. HMAS Canberra returns from ME
ON this day in 1993 the guided missile frigate HMAS Canberra (II) (Commander R.W. Gates, RAN) returned to Sydney on completion of her deployment to the Middle East under the auspices of Operation DAMASK VI.