HMAS WOLLONGONG P 206

 

P 206   WOLLONGONG   1987                                                         (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

P 206   WOLLONGONG

FLAG : AUSTRALIA

TYPE : FREMANTLE - CLASS LARGE PATROL CRAFT

LAID DOWN : 23 July 1979

LAUNCHED  : 17 October 1981

COMMISSIONED : 28 November 1981

DECOMMISSIONED : 11 February 2006

Sold for scrap in 2007 and broken up in Port Macquarie

P 206   WOLLONGONG   Sydney   04 10 1986                                                   (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

P 206   WOLLONGONG   Sydney   02 1985                                         (  Original colour  negative in collection )                                         

  

HMAS LAUNCESTON P 207

P 207   LAUNCESTON   Sydney   28 08 1984                                          (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

P 207   LAUNCESTON

FLAG : AUSTRALIA

TYPE :  FREMANTLE - CLASS  LARGE PATROL CRAFT

LAID DOWN : 29 March 1980

LAUNCHED  : 23 January 1982

COMMISSIONED : 01 March 1982

DECOMMISSIONED : 08 September 2006

Used in the TV Show  PATROL BOAT as HMAS DEFIANCE P 207

Sold for scrap and broken up at Darwin in 2007

P 207   LAUNCESTON   Sydney   10 01 1983  ( as HMAS DEFIANCE for TV Show PATROL BOAT )       (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

P 207   LAUNCESTON   Sydney   23 08 1982                                                                  ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

HMAS WHYALLA P 208

P 208   WHYALLA   Sydney   24 02 1984                                                                        (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

P 208   WHYALLA

FLAG : AUSTRALIA

TYPE : FREMANTLE - CLASS  LARGE PATROL CRAFT

LAID DOWN : 13 July 1980

LAUNCHED  : 22 May 1982

COMMISSIONED : 03 July 1982

DECOMMISSIONED : 02 September 2005

Sold for scrap and broken up at Darwin in 2006

P 208   WHYALLA   Sydney   28 02 1984                                                                        (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

P 208   WHYALLA   Sydney   15 03 1986       ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

HMAS BRUNEI L 128

L 127   BRUNEI   Sydney   05 1985                                               (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

L 127   BRUNEI
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : BALIKPANAN - CLASS LANDING CRAFT ( LCH )
LAID DOWN : 09 August 1971
LAUNCHED  : 08 October 1971
COMMISSIONED : 05 January 1973
DECOMMISSIONED : 20 November 2014

Donation to the Philippine Navy in January 2015. Recommissioned as the AT 298 IVATAN on 
23 July 2015 at HMAS CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA

HMAS BALIKPAPAN L 126

L 126   BALIKPAPAN   Sydney   01 09 1983                                             (  Original  b & w negative in collection )

L 126   BALIKPAPAN
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : BALIKPAPAN - CLASS LANDING CRAFT  ( LCH )
LAID DOWN : 01 May 1971
LAUNCHED  : 15 August 1971
COMMISSIONED : 27 September 1974
DECOMMISSIONED : 12 December 2012

Transferred to the PHILIPPINES in March 2016 and recommissioned as LC 290 AGTA on 01 June 2016.

HMAS VAMPIRE D 11

D 11   VAMPIRE   Sydney   21 01 1986                                                                      ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

D 11   VAMPIRE
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : DARING - CLASS DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 01 July 1952
LAUNCHED  : 27 October 1956
COMMISSIONED : 23 June 1959
DECOMMISSIONED : 13 August 1986

After decommissioning she was presented on loan from 1990 till 1997 to the Australian National Maritime Museum and then gifted to the Museum. Every 5 years she is towed to HMAS KUTTABUL ( Naval Base ) for maintenance and cleaning.

D 11   VAMPIRE   Sydney   24 02 1984 a                                          ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

D 11   VAMPIRE   Sydney   24 02 1984 b                                               ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

D 11   VAMPIRE   Sydney   24 01 1986                                            ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

D 11   VAMPIRE   Sydney   24 02 1984 c                                               ( Original  b & negative in collection )

D 11   VAMPIRE   Sydney   12 1985                                                ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

HMAS VENDETTA D 08

D 08   VENDETTA   Sydney   13 01 1987 a                                                                       ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

D 08   VENDETTA
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : DARING - CLASS DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 04 July 1949
LAUNCHED  : 03 May 1953
COMMISSIONED : 26 November 1958
DECOMMISSIONED : 09 October 1979

Following her decommissioning she was laid up at Sydney and used for spare parts for HMAS VAMPIRE till 13 January 1987 when she departed bound for the breakers yard in Taiwan.

D 08   VENDETTA   Sydney   13 01 1987 b                                            (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

D 08   VENDETTA   Sydney   13 01 1987 c                                             (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

HMAS ONSLOW SSG 60 ex S 60

S 60   ONSLOW   Sydney   09 1978                                                     ( Original b & w negative in collection )

S 60   ONSLOW
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : OBERON - CLASS SUBMARINE
LAID DOWN : 04 December 1967
LAUNCHED  : 03 December 1968
COMMISSIONED : 22 December 1969
DECOMMISSIONED : 29 March 1999 

HMAS ONSLOW underwent a modernisation refit from 1982 until 1984 and  became the first conventionally powered submarine in the world to be fitted with guided anti-ship missiles. Her pendant number became SSG 60 ONSLOW.
HMAS ONSLOW was decommissioned from service on 30 March 1999 and gifted to the Australian National Maritime Museum in April 1999 and docked next to HMAS VAMPIRE. She was officially opened to the public on 1 June 1999

S 60   ONSLOW   Sydney   22 02 1982                                                 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

HMAS TAILOR TRV 803 ex TRV 255

TRV 803   TAILOR   Sydney    1988 a                                                ( Original negative in collection )

TRV 803   TAILOR
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : FISH - CLASS TORPEDO RECOVERY VESSEL
COMMISSIONED : April 1971
DECOMMISSIONED : 2018

She was commissioned as the TRV 255 in April 1971. In 1983 the 3 boats were named and the TRV 255 became TRV 803 TAILOR. 
In 2018 she was decommissioned and put up for sale to the public in September 2018.

TRV 803   TAILOR   Sydney   1988 b                                              ( Original negative in collection )

TRV 803   TAILOR   Sydney   19 09 1985                                        ( Original negative in collection )

HMAS OTAMA S 62

S 62   OTAMA   Sydney   22 01 1988                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

S 62   OTAMA
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : OBERON - CLASS SUBMARINE
LAID DOWN : 25 May 1973
LAUNCHED  : 03 December 1975
COMMISSIONED : 27 April 1978
DECOMMISSIONED : 15 December 2000

She was sold to the Western Port Oberon Association to preserve her as a museum vessel.

S 62   OTAMA   Sydney   10 1989                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

S 62   OTAMA   Sydney   22 01 1988                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

S 62   OTAMA   Sydney   15 12 1978                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

S 62   OTAMA   Den Helder   1978                          G.GYSSELS

HMAS ANZAC D 59

D 59   ANZAC   1971                            ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

D 59   ANZAC
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : DARING - CLASS DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 23 09 1946
LAUNCHED  : 20 08 1948
COMMISSIONED : 14 03 1951
DECOMMISSIONED : 04 10 1974

She was sold on 26 november 1975 to Hifirm Corporation Ltd , Hong Kong and left Sydney by the Japanese tug HERAKURESU on 30 12 1975 for the scrapyard.

D59   ANZAC   Sydney   30 12 1975                          ( Original  b & w  negative in collection  )

HMAS IBIS M 1183

M 1183   IBIS   22 08 1983                          ( Original negative in collection )

M 1183   IBIS
FLAG : AUSTRALIA
TYPE : TON - CLASS MINESWEEPER
LAID DOWN : 15 10 1953  as HMS SINGLETON  M 1183
LAUNCHED  : 18 11 1955  as HMS SINGLETON  M 1183

After her completion on 29 09 1956 as HMS SINGLETON she was placed into the Reserve
Fleet at HYTHE.


Purchased by AUSTRALIA in 1961 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on
07 09 1962 renamed : HMAS IBIS  M 1183.
Decommissioned on 04 05 1984 and a year later sold to be broken up.

M 1183   IBIS   04 05 1984   Paying Off Pennant                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

M 1183   IBIS   05 07 1985  towed to scrapyard                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

M 1183   IBIS   05 07 1985   towed to scrapyard                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

M 1183   IBIS   at scrapyard   31 08 1985                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

M 1183   IBIS   05 07 1985   towed to scrapyard                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )