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  HMAS Melbourne  
1955 - 1982 .
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HMAS Melburne
Class Modified Majestic Class

Builder

 Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness

Laid down

 15. April 1943

Launched

 28. February 1945

Commissioned RAN

 28. October 1955
Decommissioned 30. June 1982
Identification Pennant

Deckcode -
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Carrier transferred from the Royal Navy

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11. March 1956  - 24. April 1956

Transit from the UK to Australia -
Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Sea Venom FAW.53 (?) Lt-Cdr G. McC. Jude, RAN
29. Feb. 1956 - 7. May 1956
816 NAS Gannet AS.1    
817 NAS Gannet AS-1    

Port visits to: Gibraltar, Naples, Malta,Colombo

 

 

 

 Absolut genaues Blau Absolut genaues Blau  
last update 30. January 2023
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Freemantle
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1956
Australia / West Pacific SEATO
Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Sea Venom FAW.53 (10) Lt-Cdr G. McC. Jude, RAN
6. Aug. 1956 - 18, Aug. 1956
7. Sep. 1956 - 10. Dec. 1956
816 NAS Gannet AS.1    

Port visits to: Singapore, Hog Kong, Manila
  last update 24. February 2014
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5. Feb. 1957 - 14. Mar. 1957
Australia / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Sea Venom FAW.53 (?) Lt-Cdr A.G. Cordell, RAN
5. Feb. 1957 - 14. Mar. 1957
       

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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18. March 1957  - July 1957
Australia / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
       
       

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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? 10. Oct. 1957 - 12. Dec. 1957
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Sea Venom FAW.53 (?) Lt-Cdr G. Kable, RAN
10. Oct. 1957 - 12. Dec. 1957
       
       

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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? 12. Feb. 1958 - 20. Jul. 1958
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Sea Venom FAW.53 (?) Lt-Cdr G. Kable, RAN
12. Feb. 1958 - 20. Jul. 1958
       
       

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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? 22. Oct. 1958 - 19. Nov. 1968
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Sea Venom FAW.53 (?) Lt-Cdr G.J.G. Hanchard-Goodwin, RN
22. Oct. 1958 - 19. Nov. 1968
       
       

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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September 1967  - November 1967
Australia / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
VF-805 Skyhawk A-4G (?)  
VS-816 Tracker S-2E    

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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HMA Naval Dockyard, Garden Island
December 1967 - February 1969
Modernisation and refit
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5. May 1969  - June 1969
Australia / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
VF-805 Skyhawk A-4G (?)  
VS-816 Tracker S-2E    
HS-817 Wessex HAS.31    

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney
June 1969 - 1969
repairs after collision with USS Frank. E. Evans
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1970  - December 1970
Australia / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
VF-805 Skyhawk A-4G (?)  
VS-816 Tracker S-2E    
HS-817 Wessex HAS.31    

Port visits to:

  last update 24. February 2014
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HMA Naval Dockyard, Garden Island
1971 - August 1971
major refit, Flight deck was strengthened and her catapult rebuilt with a bridle catcher extension
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October 1971 - December 1971
Far East / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
VF-805 Skyhawk A-4G (?)  
VS-816 Tracker S-2E    
HS-817 Wessex HAS.31    

Port visits to: Pearl Harbor
  last update 24. February 2014
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October 1971 - December 1971
Far East / West Pacific -
Capt: CAG: -
VF-805 Skyhawk A-4G (?)  
VS-816 Tracker S-2E    
HS-817 Wessex HAS.31    

Port visits to: Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Djakarta, Fremantle
last update 24. February 2014
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history (short)
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Decommissioned

30 June 1982
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. November 2011

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