RAN Destroyers: DD37-38 HMAS Tobruk, Anzac (1946-53) Australia Day ! We continue a new chapter here, the Australian Cold war Navy, by seeing after its aircraft carriers, Sydney and Melbourne, their escorts starting with destroyers: The Tobruk (1947), Voyager (1952) class, and the 1963 Perth class (first and only Australian Guided missile destroyers) and the … Read more
RAN Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (R21), ex-HMS Majestic (1942-82) Australia Day ! HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier, modified to be operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), from 1955 to 1982. She was the third and last Australian aircraft carrier with the reputation of having sank two friendly warships in peacetime … Read more
HMAS Sydney (1948) RAN Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1948-76) Australia Day ! HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was the former HMS Terrible (1944), a Majestic-class “light aircraft carrier”, sold in 1947 and completed, then commissioned into the RAN as HMS Sydney, 3rd of the name, in 1948. She was the first RAN carrier, one of three operated … Read more
