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THE MAJESTIC CLASS LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY. THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED ON 1944-09-30 AS HMS TERRIBLE AND WAS UNFINISHED AT THE END OF THE WAR WHEREUPON WORK ON HER CEASED. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ARRANGED TO BUY THE VESSEL SO IT WAS COMPLETED AND HANDED OVER TO THE RAN ON 1948-12-16 AND RENAMED SYDNEY. FROM SEPTEMBER 1951 TO JANUARY 1952 SYDNEY SERVED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS COMMAND IN KOREAN WATERS WHERE HER AIRCRAFT CARRIED OUT 2366 SORTIES. ON 1953-10-19 SHE SAILED FOR A FURTHER PERIOD IN KOREAN WATERS RETURNING IN JUNE 1954 FOR A REFIT. IN APRIL 1955 SYDNEY BECAME FLEET TRAINING SHIP AND SUBSEQUENTLY PAID OFF ON 1958-05-30. RECOMMISSIONED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT ON 1962-03-07 THE SHIP FILLED THAT ROLE UNTIL PAID OFF ON 1973-07-20. SHE WAS SOLD ON 1975-10-30 TO THE DONG KUK STEEL MILL CO LTD OF SEOUL, FOR $673516 AND DEPARTED FROM SYDNEY, UNDER TOW, ON 1975-12-23. DURING A GREAT PART OF HER ACTIVE LIFE SYDNEY SERVED AS FLEET FLAGSHIP.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE MAJESTIC CLASS LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY. THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED ON 1944-09-30 AS HMS TERRIBLE AND WAS UNFINISHED AT THE END OF THE WAR WHEREUPON WORK ON HER CEASE
BATTLE CLASS DESTROYER HMAS ANZAC. COMMISSIONED ON 14TH MARCH 1951 ANZAC SAILED ON 30TH JULY 1951 FOR SERVICE IN THE KOREAN WAR RETURNING TO SYDNEY ON 24TH OCTOBER 1951 ESCORTING HMS GLORY. AFTER REFI
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1941-08. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BALLARAT IN THE LAST STAGES OF FITTING OUT. AHEAD OF HER IS HER NEWLY LAUNCHED SISTER SHIP HMAS CASTLEMAINE. BALLARAT WAS BUILT AT TH
At sea. c. 1951. The aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, the third ship of the name in the Royal Australian Navy and the first carrier to become flagship of the Australian Fleet. On the forward deck are Haw
TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER HMAS WARRAMUNGA. COMMISSIONED ON 23RD NOVEMBER 1942 WARRAMUNGA SPENT HER WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC WATERS AND LATER CARRIED OUT TWO TOURS OF DUTY DURING THE
KENT CLASS HEAVY CRUISER AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED ON 17TH MARCH 1927 AND COMMISSIONED ON 24TH APRIL 1928. IN APRIL 1938 AUSTRALIA PAID OFF FOR AN EXTENSIVE REFIT BEING RECOMMISSIONED ON 28TH AUGUST 1939. AF
