The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
R55699 Leading Seaman Graeme R Hipper of Geraldton, WA secures the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk on its arrival after a patrol off the Sarawak coast. This warship was the senior ship of the 16th Minesweeping Squadron, one of four operating anti-infiltration patrols off Malaysian Borneo during Confrontation.
O.328 Lieutenant Commander Benjamin G J Dunn of Highgate, Qld in command of the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk during Confrontation. He was also the Senior Officer of the 16th Minesweeping Squadron
Petty Officer Bill Buckland of Laurieton, NSW emerges from the generator space hatch onboard the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk. This ship, along with three others of the 16th Minesweeping Squadron,
Tactical Operator ( TO) Graham Tomlins attaches a Bren light machine gun (LMG)to a fixed mount on the bridge of the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk. As the senior ship of the 16th Minesweeping Squadr
An armed boarding party assembles onboard the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk during Confrontation - along with HMA ships Gull, Curlew and Snipe. They were operating anti-infiltration patrols off the
The senior ship of the 16th Minesweeping Squadron, the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk, refuels from the Tide class fleet tanker HMAS Supply. HMAS Hawk was en route to the Malaysian Borneo States to
Tactical Operator Dick Wilson (left) takes notes while Leading Tactical Operator John Horton (right) operates a signal lamp on the bridge of the Ton class minesweeper HMAS Hawk. This ship was one of
