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Onslow is an Oberon class submarine. Laid down 1967, launched 1968. Commissioned 1969. Decommissioned 1999. Transferred by the Department of Defence to National Maritime Museum 1999. Explore the danger and drama of life on board Onslow in Action Stations, our immersive experience. Length. 89.90 m (295 ft)
HMAS Sydney II. After being laid down in 1933 for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the warship was purchased by the Australian government in 1934 and renamed HMAS Sydney in memory of the earlier Sydney. It was commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 September 1935, under the command of a Royal Navy captain, and spent the early part of its career on the ...
Nov 28, 2014 · The largest ship ever built for the Australian Navy is welcomed into the fleet, with the HMAS Canberra formally commissioned for service in Sydney.
The present Museum of HMAS Cerberus was first established by Commander L G Wilson MBE RAN in the early 1980s. The building was built in 1925 as the New Entry’s study block, in 1930 when the Royal Australian Naval College was relocated from Jervis Bay the building then became the Cadets’ Academic block. During WWII the facility was used as ...
Sunk under the terms of the Washington Treaty, April 12, 1924. This frame is of teak from her deck." ['Notes of the Day: Souvenir of HMAS AUSTRALIA', The Mercury, Wednesday 15 October 1924, p 6] History HMAS AUSTRALIA I was an Indefatigable class battle cruiser launched in 1911 and later commissioned as the first flagship of the Royal ...
The submarines were built by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness, England, and commissioned into the RAN in February 1914, reaching Sydney on 24 May of the same year. An updated version of the preceding D-class submarine, the E class was enlarged to accommodate an additional pair of broadside torpedo tubes. The class had four 18-inch torpedo ...
HMAS Diamantina (K377/F377/A266/GOR266), named after the Diamantina River in Queensland, is a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed in the mid-1940s, Diamantina was active from 1945 until 1946, was placed in reserve, then was recommissioned as a survey ship from 1959 until 1980.
