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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 14 Apr 2019 11:23
by MichaelB
Rare shot of Hobart and her stern anti aircraft gun mounting

Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 17 Apr 2019 18:50
by MikeJames
HMAS Stuart (I) leaving harbour

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 19 Apr 2019 20:01
by MikeJames
HMAS Darwin during operation Damask in 1992 preparing to board a merchant ship.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 20 Apr 2019 09:10
by MikeJames
Another Darwin shot. In this shot HMAS Yarra escorts HMAS Darwin into Sydney Harbour on 8 November 1985. This was Yarra's last time entering the harbour, she paid off soon after.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 11:26
by MichaelB
A couple of golden oldies.

Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 13:09
by MikeJames
HMAS Vendetta in a heavy swell.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 28 Apr 2019 15:21
by MikeJames
Bow and stern of HMAS Derwent.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 05 May 2019 17:44
by MikeJames
HMAS Hobart (I) being towed to the breakers.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 06 May 2019 11:03
by MichaelB
Towed out by a Bustler I notice.

Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 07 May 2019 12:56
by MikeJames
Q-class destroyer HMAS Quickmatch (G92) at the time of being commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 10 May 2019 19:43
by MikeJames
HMA Ships Brisbane and Hobart

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 18 May 2019 18:38
by MikeJames
The Town-class cruiser HMAS Adelaide entering Burrard Inlet, BC, Canada during the world cruiser of the Special Service Squadron, 1924

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 19 May 2019 16:24
by MikeJames
Wessex operating over Melbourne

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 24 May 2019 15:42
by MikeJames
The Singapore basin is full in this iconic photo from Oct.1975

From front clockwise, HMAS Oxley II, HMS Plymouth and Berwick, HMAS Diamantina (outboard), HMAS Hobart and Brisbane, Supply and Torrens II. Vendetta II, Vampire II and HMS Ajax (inboard).

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 31 May 2019 11:28
by MikeJames
HMAS Quadrant at Williamstown for Type 15 frigate conversion, March 27, 1950

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 10 Jun 2019 08:14
by MikeJames
HMAS Vengeance sailing to Australia with her flight deck loaded with aircraft and freight, and two of her three Sycamore helicopters overhead.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 15 Jun 2019 19:12
by MichaelB
Superb large photo by Wright & Logan of QueenB during her visit to the UK just after her conversion.

Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 20 Jun 2019 18:38
by MikeJames
The screw corvette HMS Wolverine, flagship of Commodore Second Class John C. Wilson, Commander of the Australia Station, moored in Farm Cove. Beyond her is the screw corvette HMS Carysfort, of the visiting detached squadron, and Fort Denison. Sydney, NSW, July 1881.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:10
by MikeJames
HMAS Melbourne (R21) moored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 1958

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 05 Jul 2019 14:33
by MikeJames
HMAS Torrens being expended as a target ship via a torpedo from one of the RANs Collins class subs

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 06 Jul 2019 15:52
by MikeJames
Formation of Royal Australian Navy Westland Wessex HAS.31B from 725 Squadron

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 24 Jul 2019 22:31
by MikeJames
HMAS Melbourne heels under full starboard rudder, March 3rd 1960

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 19:36
by MikeJames
A pair of Town-class cruisers in 1918. The center ship, with the spectacular dazzle camo, is HMAS Melbourne.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 06 Aug 2019 13:50
by MikeJames
HMAS Melbourne in Milford Sound, NZ, 1957. Still wearing her original ‘Y’ deck letter and with seven Sea Venoms on deck.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 13 Aug 2019 13:39
by MikeJames
HMAS Hobart, Newcastle, NSW, 1955. Options for reactivating the cruiser were then being explored, including conversion to a guided missile ship, but by April 1955, all proposals were abandoned and she was ultimately sold for scrap in 1962.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 13 Aug 2019 19:24
by scott154
Some outstanding photos there Mike, I like the Wessex photo and the ddg's bouncing around too.

Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:27
by MikeJames
Cerberus-class breastwork monitor HMVS Cerberus which was operated by the colony of Victoria. She was scuttled on 26 September 1926 at Half Moon Bay to serve as a breakwater for the Black Rock Yacht Club.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 24 Aug 2019 21:56
by MikeJames
HMAS Melbourne in company with HMAS Brisbane and HMNZS Canterbury in 1977, Silver Jubilee trip.

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 24 Sep 2019 12:56
by MikeJames
The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (right) and the Royal Australian Navy amphibious ship HMAS Kanimbla (left) refuel from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (center) in July 2010

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Re: The Old RAN

Posted: 05 Oct 2019 14:57
by MikeJames
HMAS Perth in the Culbra Cut in the Panama Canal, 29 November 1939.

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