Exhibition
Serving the White Ensign: 110 years of the Australian Fleet

 

 

Temporary exhibition on the history of the Royal Australian Navy

 

Assembly Hall, Ground Floor

28 March 2023 — 27 March 2024

Other Events

Exhibition
2 June 202330 July 2023
9:00am
Tour
18 January 202318 January 2024
10:30am
Event
1 January 202331 December 2023
10:00am

On this day

On this day
3 June

1942 — Battle of MIDWAY began. This decisive victory by the US Navy over the Japanese Navy shifted the balance of sea power in the Pacific and forced Japan to abandon plans to attack New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa. Japanese losses were 4 aircraft carriers, 1 cruiser, 248 aircraft, and over 3,000 sailors.  American losses were 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer, 150 aircraft, and 307 men

1944 — 78 Squadron, RAAF, carried out the last major air combat by the RAAF in WW2, off BIAK Island, New Guinea. 10 enemy planes were shot down for the loss of one Australian plane and pilot

1969 — HMAS MELBOURNE collided with USS FRANK E EVANS in the South China Sea.  EVANS was cut in half and 74 of her crew were killed