HMAS Vampire D11
The Daring Class destroyer design evolved in Britain during the Second World War. Requirements for a new fleet destroyer for the Royal...
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HMAS Tobruk D37
HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and...
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HMAS Quickmatch G92
HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the...
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HMAS Arrow's deadly sprint back to Darwin wharf
A cyclone Tracy survivor tells of the HMAS Arrows deadly sprint back to Darwin wharf. Mitchell Abram, SABC News:, 9:24am Saturday 19...
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HMAS Quiberon G81 - F03
HMAS Quiberon (G81/ D20/ D281/ F03) was a Q-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was named after the Battle of Quiberon...
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HMAS Queenborough G70/D270/F02/57
HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS Queenborough (G70/D19)) was a Q-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN)...
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HMAS Quality G62
HMAS Quality (G62/D18) was a Q-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1942, the destroyer served in several...
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HMAS Stuart DE48
HMAS Stuart (F21/DE 48) was one of six River-class destroyer escorts built for the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was laid down by...
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HMAS Derwent F22 DE22 DE49
HMAS Derwent was a River Class Destroyer Escort. The decision to acquire a new generation of frigates was announced in August 1950. The...
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HMAS Yarra F07 - DE45
HMAS Yarra (III) was one of six Modified Type 12 frigates built in Australia between 1957 and 1971. Her sister ships were HMA Ships...
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HMAS Parramatta F05 - DE46
HMAS Parramatta was laid down by Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney on 31 January 1957. She was launched on 31 January 1959 by Lady...
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HMAS Warramunga I44 - D123
HMAS Warramunga (I44/D123) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering...
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The Rev. Edward (Ted) Walker
On this page the executive and members of the Nepean Blue Mountains Sub-Section of the Naval Association of Australia pay grateful...
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Garden Island Sydney
Garden Island is an inner-city locality of Sydney, and the location of a major Royal Australian Navy base. It is located to the...
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HMAS Brunei L127
HMAS Brunei L127 was named after the amphibious landing of 20 Brigade troops at Brunei from HMAS Kanimbla(I) on 10 June 1945.The eight...
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HMAS Canberra L02
HMAS Canberra L02 is the first of two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)....
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HMAS Canberra Damaged on Maiden Sea Trial
A Civilian contract crew made two serious errors during sea trials for the navy’s biggest ever ship, damaging its hull and melting down...
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HMAS Kimbla A314
HMAS Kimbla was built as a boom defence vessel by Walkers Ltd of Maryborough, Queensland. Laid down on 4 November 1953 she commissioned...
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HMAS Banks GPV901
HMAS Banks (GPV 901/Y266/G244/244) was an Explorer class general-purpose vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN, serving in a range of...
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HMAS Stalwart
HMAS Stalwart (A 215/D 215) was an Australian-designed and constructed Escort Maintenance ship of the Royal Australian Navy. Commissioned...
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