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Serving the White Ensign: 110 years of the Australian Fleet
New feature exhibition at the Anzac Memorial on the history of the Royal Australian Navy.
In 1913 the Royal Australian Navy’s brand-new fleet sailed through the Heads and into Sydney Harbour. Since then the RAN has served on all the world’s oceans in times of peace and war.
During the Second World War, the RAN reached its maximum strength. Approximately 37,000 men and women wore a RAN uniform. The war inflicted a heavy toll on ships and personnel. Thirty-eight cruisers, destroyers, sloops and smaller vessels were sunk and almost 2,200 sailors died on active service.
Since the end of the Second World War, the RAN’s fortunes have fluctuated dramatically between lavish acquisitions and slashed defence budgets.
The RAN has sent ships and service personnel to war in Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. The service has participated in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations all over the globe, at sea, on remote islands and in tri-service deployments. It has played a vital role in protecting our borders and interrupting the international drug trade.
Today the RAN is a highly technical force of state-of-the-art equipment staffed by skilled and dedicated people serving the white ensign in the best traditions of Francis Drake and Horatio Nelson.