On this day in Royal Australian Navy History. 26 September 1884 The Queensland Navy gunboats GAYUNDAH and PALUMA completed shipbuilder trials on the Tyne River England. Both vessels attained a speed of 10 knots. 1914 A landing party from HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), destroyed the German wireless station at Angaur in the Palau Islands. 1917 The Castle class trawlers GUNUNDAAL and KORAAGA were requisitioned by the RAN as auxiliary minesweepers. They were manned by members of the RAN Brigade, and conducted minesweeping operations off the NSW and VIC coastlines, searching for mines laid by the German raider WOLF. 1940 CAPT H. L. Waller, RAN, (CAPT(D) 10th destroyer flotilla), transferred his flag to HMAS VAMPIRE, (destroyer), whilst HMAS STUART, (destroyer), underwent a refit at Malta 1942 USS HOLLAND, (submarine tender), was towed stern first to Port Phillip, VIC, when she lost her rudder in rough seas off SA. HOLLAND was the submarine depot ship at Fremantle during WWII. 1943 Z Special Force, (Operation Jaywick), operatives enter Singapore Harbour in kayaks, and planted limpet mines on seven Japanese merchant ships. They then escaped undetected, to rendezvous with HMAS KRAIT. The raid was a complete success, with 37,000 tons of Japanese shipping sunk or damaged. 1945 HMAS STRAHAN was damaged by a mine explosion while sweeping a minefield off the China coast. The ship returned to Hong Kong for repairs. 1952 HMAS ANZAC, (Battle class destroyer), fired her 1000th round against enemy targets in Korea. 1959 HMAS QUIBERON, (frigate), escorted the Bass Strait ferry PRINCESS OF TASMANIA on her maiden voyage from Melbourne to Devonport. 1980 RADM D. W. Leach, Chief of Naval Personnel, announced that it took:- 4 years and cost $6,300, to train a Leading Seaman Quarter Master Gunner; 6 years and $60,000 a Petty Officer Electrical Technical Systems; 12 years and $200,000 a Commanding Officer of a submarine; 6 years and $400,000 a helicopter pilot. 1988 One of the largest fleets to operate in Australian waters, more than thirty warships, led by the USS New Jersey, (battleship), made a ceremonial entry into Sydney Harbour.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:03:54 +0000
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