4 Apr 1911. HMAS Warrego re-launched.
On This Day, 4 April 1911, HMAS Warrego’s re-launching ceremony was conducted by Mrs. G. F. Pearce, wife of the Minister for Defence at Cockatoo Island.
3 April 1942. Last HMAS Perth survivors captured
On This Day 3 April 1942, the last survivors still at liberty after the sinking of HMAS Perth (pictured just before it sank) were captured. 1 Apr. 1953 & 1992. Point Cook closes
On 1 April 1953 HMAS Nirimba was commissioned as the second RAN FAA Station at Scholfields NSW. The following year it was closed following...
31 Mar 1921. RAAF takes off
On this day in 1921 the RAAF was formed and took control of flying. Until the formation of the Fleet Air Arm the Navy lost control of its pilots and air maintenance staff who were posted to HMA ships by the RAAF. 29 Mar 1776. Harrison, chronometer maker, dies vindicated
On this day 29 March 1776 - Harrison’s Chronometer and the calculation of longitude
John Harrison, Captain Cook’s chronometer maker died on this day. 25 Mar 1944. Capture of Manus Island
25 March Capture of Manus Island
ON THIS Day in 1944 Manus Island was captured as part of the USN/ RAN Admiralty Island Campaign.
24 Mar 1940. RAN commando operation
24 March 1940 RAN Commando Operation
VOLUNTEERS from ships of Australia's "Scrap Iron Flotilla", in the Mediterranean, embarked on a mission to block the Danube River at a feature known as the Iron Gates. 28 March 1942. RANVR officers at the Raid on St Nazaire
28 March 1942. RANVR officers at the Raid on St Nazaire
THE raid on St Nazaire, France, was conducted with the aim of damaging the port facilities there. LEUT N. B. H. Wallis, RANVR, (Motor Launch 192), and SBLT P. W. Landy, RANVR, (Motor Launch 306), were wounded during the operation. 27-28 March 1941. Battle of Cape Matapan
27-28 March 1941. Battle of Cape Matapan. Perth, Stuart and Vendetta were all engaged in the night battle which exploded Mussolinni’s boast that the Mediterranean was the Italian Navy’s ‘Mare Nostrum’. Three Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers were sunk and a battleship seriously damaged. 23 Mar 1969. HMAS Hobart under fire off Vietnam
23 March 1969. On this day HMAS Hobart, CAPT K W Shands, on her second deployment to Vietnam, came under accurate enemy fire from...