When did HMAS Curlew end?

Curlew was decommissioned on 30 April 1990 after 28 years of service and 38 years to the day after her keel had been laid. She had steamed more than 400,000 nautical miles in 40,000 hours underway.

1. Where is HMAS Curlew?
2. What happened to HMAS?
3. Was HMAS Australia sunk?
4. How many died on the HMAS Sydney?
5. What happened HMAS Melbourne?
6. Has Australia ever had an aircraft carrier?
7. Did HMAS Melbourne go to Vietnam?
8. When did HMAS Melbourne sink?
9. Who sunk HMAS Sydney?
10. Has HMAS Sydney been found?
11. Why did the HMAS Sydney sink?
12. Did Australia have submarines in ww2?
13. Where was HMAS Australia sunk?
14. Where was HMAS Armidale sunk?

Where is HMAS Curlew?

In its heyday, HMAS Curlew was the pride of the Australian Navy's minesweeping squadron. But for the past two decades, it has sat largely forgotten in Tasmania's south, serving as a home for its private owners.

What happened to HMAS?

In 2008, the wrecks of HMAS Sydney II and the German raider Kormoran were found off the coast of Western Australia. The two ships sank when, on 19 November 1941 they were involved in an unexpected and disastrous clash. ... The Australian War Memorial has the names of those who died listed on its Honour Roll.

Was HMAS Australia sunk?

HMAS Australia captured and later sank the German supply liner Eleonora Woermann in 1915. Having freed the Pacific region of the threat of German invasion, HMAS Australia was transferred to Rosyth, Scotland.

How many died on the HMAS Sydney?

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the HMAS Sydney's sinking. Just one sailor's body was discovered of the 645 men who died aboard in 1941.

What happened HMAS Melbourne?

HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, which entered service in 1992. ... On 26 October 2019, Melbourne was decommissioned from the RAN, subsequently being transferred to Chile. The ship was commissioned into the Chilean Navy as Almirante Latorre on 15 April 2020.

Has Australia ever had an aircraft carrier?

Following the first decommissioning of sister ship HMAS Sydney in 1958, Melbourne became the only aircraft carrier in Australian service.

Did HMAS Melbourne go to Vietnam?

As the overall role of Australia's military increased in Vietnam so did the involvement of the RAN. ... On at least one such trip her escort included the aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE, though MELBOURNE did not enter Vietnamese waters. She entered the operational area which extended out to 100 nautical miles.

When did HMAS Melbourne sink?

A veteran from the HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager collision on February 10, 1964 that killed 82 people believes changes to floodlighting on the aircraft carrier caused Australia's worst peacetime disaster.

Who sunk HMAS Sydney?

HMAS Sydney (II) Background:

On 19 November 1941 Sydney sank following a fierce action with the German disguised merchant raider Kormoran. The action took place approximately 200 km west of Steep Point, Western Australia.

Has HMAS Sydney been found?

The wreck of the HMAS Sydney (II) was found by the Finding Sydney Foundation on 16th March 2008 approximately 207km (128 miles) from the west coast (Steep Point) of Western Australia at a depth of approximately 2,468 metres.

Why did the HMAS Sydney sink?

The HMAS Sydney was lost in November 1941 in a battle with the German cruiser Kormoran, which also sank. ... WA Museum chief executive Alec Coles said high resolution images taken by Curtin University on board a subsea vessel indicated a shell hole through the bridge at the compass platform on the HMAS Sydney.

Did Australia have submarines in ww2?

As a result, the Royal Australian Navy did not operate any submarines during World War II, though the obsolete Dutch submarine K. IX was commissioned as HMAS K9 on 22 June 1943 and was used for anti-submarine warfare training purposes.

Where was HMAS Australia sunk?

The task remained great, but 359 men in two shifts had by 3 February rendered Australia (I) unfit for warlike service. She was towed to sea by tugs and sunk along with her main armament in position 095 degrees, 24 miles from Inner South Head, Sydney, on 12 April 1924.

Where was HMAS Armidale sunk?

By Tim Barlass. Ray Leonard was the last remaining survivor of the corvette HMAS Armidale, which was attacked and sunk with the loss of 100 lives in the Timor Sea by Japanese aircraft on December 1, 1942 during the Second World War.