This pamphlet was signed by actor Chips Rafferty in 1966 when on a promotional tour for the highly successful movie "They're a Weird Mob".Small cream soft-cover booklet of information about HMAS Hobart.Sincerely Chips Raffertydocument, hmas hobart, chips rafferty, vietnam

A coloured photograph in a black frame of an overhead shot of HMAS Hobart at sea. Bottom right hand side of photograph reads Voyages To Vietnam Collection. Bottom right side of photograph reads Copyright Bruce Hambour.photograph, hmas hobart, voyages to vietnam collection, cerberus collection

To commemorating 40 years since The Dawn Of a New Era for the Royal Australian Navy - 1965-2005 - A limited release of a graphite print of Guided Missile Destroyers HMA Ships PERTH (38), HOBART (39) and BRISBANE (41) served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1965 and 2001.These ships were the first for the RAN to have been designed for the 'Missile Era' and were also the first to be not of a British design instead they were purchased from the United States of America. All 3 served with distinction on the 'Gun Line' during the Vietnam War and the BRISBANE also saw operations of the First Gulf War.Framed print drawn in graphite depicting three Guided Missile Destroyers at sea RAN - Commemorating 40 years since The Dawn Of a New Era for the Royal Australian Navy - 1965-2005 Limited Edition 3/50ran, hmas perth, hobart and brisbane, guided missile destroyers

Photo HMAS Perth Guided Missile Destroyerphoto, ran

Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, Occasional Paper, Series No. 7.ddg (destroyer designated guided), guided missile destroyer

A model of HMAS Perth and Guided Missile Destroyer D38 built to scale in a glass cover.hmas perth, model, cerberus collection

Framed Coloured Photograph of three R.A.N. Guided Missile Destroyers. HMAS Brisbane, Hobart and Perth sailing line astern in the Tasman Sea in 1985Photograph 19 of 25photograph, r.a.n., hmas brisbane, hmas hobart, hmas perth

Photo RAN.Colour print of a photo of the Royal Australian Navy's 3 Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG's), HMA ships Brisbane, Hobart & Perth in the Tasman Sea in 1985. Print is No 19 in a series of 25. Mounted with white border with gold metal frame on masonite backing with wire hanging strap.Printed on white border RHS under print: “ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 75TH ANNIVERSARY”photograph, 75th, anniversary, ran

HMAS Hobart (D63), a Leander class light cruiser acquired from the Royal Navy in 1938, and operating until 1962. HMAS Hobart (D 39), a Perth class guided missile destroyer commissioned in 1965 and decommissioned in 2000. HMAS Hobart (DDGH 39), lead ship of the Hobart class air warfare destroyers, scheduled to enter service in March 2016Wooden plaque with insignia of H.M.A.S. Hobarth.m.a.s. hobart

HMAS Brisbane (1915), a Town class light cruiser launched in 1915 and decommissioned in 1935 HMAS Brisbane (naval base), a naval base operated in Brisbane between 1940 and 1942 HMAS Brisbane (D 41), a Perth class guided missile destroyer launched in 1966 and decommissioned in 2001 HMAS Brisbane (DDGH 41), a Hobart class air warfare destroyer predicted to enter service in 2017Wooden Plaque 15cm x 13cm with insignia of H.M.A.S Brisbane H.M.A.S Brisbane

HMAS Perth (D29), a modified Leander-class light cruiser. Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Amphion in 1936, she was sold to the RAN three years later. The ship served until 1 March 1942, when she was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait. HMAS Perth (D 38), the lead ship of the Perth-class guided missile destroyers. Built as a Charles F. Adams-class destroyer derivative for the RAN and commissioned in 1965, the ship served until decommissioning in 1999. She was sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Albany, Western Australia, in 2001. HMAS Perth (FFH 157), an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 2006 and active as of 2012Wooden Plaque 15cm x 13cm with insignia of H.M.A.S. Perth H.M.A.S. Perth

A black and white photograph of Tonkin Gulf, North Vietnam 25th May 1967 Lt Stanley L Masterton briefs Australian War Correspondent, Denis Gibbons, during his visit to the Australian Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart. the briefing is taking place on the flag deck, where a large set of signal flags are visible in a ready use locker behind them. the ship, was at that time engaging, with ship to shore gunfire, a major "choke point" (an area where the North Vietnamese were preparing war supplies to be shipped to their units in South Vietnam) at the township of "Vinh". Hobart was expecting, at any moment, counted battery fire from North Vietnamese coastal batteries after radar stations on Hainan Island, Near Haiphong Harbour and at Vinh had locked onto Horart's position with very accurate triangular positioning. Lt Masterton was informing Gibbons of the incoming enemy fire and was worried he (Gibbons) was not wearing a helment, gibbons, most respectfully advised Lt Masterton that he could not operate his cameras with a helmet on. Hobart immediately turned and saled, very rapidly, out to sea as the counter battery fire commencedAustralian War memorial negative: Navy 13503photograph, hmas hobart, lt stanley l masterton, denis gibbons, vinh, hainan island, haiphong harbour, gibbons collection catalogue

HMAS PARRAMATTA had active service during the Vietnam War,escorting the troop transport HMAS SYDNEY to Vietnam in 1965,1968 and 1971. She also served on patrol duties between 1964 and 1966 during the Indonesian Confrontation. In July 1976 PARRAMATTA was diverted to the Indonesian of Bali to provide humanitarian relief following an earthquake which killed over 500 Balinese and injured another 3,000. PARRAMATTA was decommissioned in 1991 as the River Class Destroyer Escorts were replaced by the Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigates. She was sold to a Pakistani company in 1991 to be broken up.anchor parramatta escort

A black and white photograph in a black frame of HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Hobart and HMAS Perth at sea. Bottom left hand side of the photograph reads Voyages to Vietnam Collection.Bottom right hand side of photograph reads Courtesy David Morganphotograph, hmas brisbane, hmas perth, hmas hobart, voyages to vietnam collection, cerberus collection

Laminated Paper Print with picture of HMAS Brisbane and specifications shown underneath. Reverse shows another picture of a Destroyer with reference to HMAS Perth and HMAS Hobart.