HMAS Paluma — Four Australian naval vessels have been named Paluma , after an Aboriginal word meaning thunder ;*The first HMQS Paluma was a gunboat built in 1884. *The second HMAS Paluma was an auxiliary patrol boat built in 1941. *The third HMAS Paluma ,… … Wikipedia
HMAS Cairns (naval base) — HMAS Cairns is a naval base of the Royal Australian Navy located in Cairns, Queensland.HistoryThe Royal Australian Navy had been using Cairns as a regular stop since before World War II. Many ships made Cairns their principal port of call during… … Wikipedia
HMAS Shepparton (A 03) — is a Paluma class survey motor launch of the Royal Australian Navy. She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs. Shepparton was launched on 5 December 1989 and commissioned into the RAN on 24… … Wikipedia
HMAS Benalla (A 04) — is Paluma class survey motor launch of the Royal Australian Navy. She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs. Launched on 31 January 1990 and commissioned on 20 March 1990, the ship was named… … Wikipedia
HMAS Mermaid (A 02) — is a Paluma class survey motor launch serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs. Mermaid was launched on 28 September 1989 and commissioned into the … Wikipedia
HMAS Benalla — Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Benalla after Benalla, Victoria:* HMAS Benalla (J323) A Bathurst class corvette that commissioned in 1943 and was sold for scrap in 1958. * HMAS Benalla (A 04) A Paluma class survey… … Wikipedia
Paluma class survey motor launch — The Paluma class survey motor launch is a class of four hydrographic survey launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The four ships were built by Eglo Engineering, Adelaide and entered service between February 1989 and March 1990. All four … Wikipedia
HMQS Paluma — was a gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and the Royal Australian Navy. She entered service in 1884 and was decommissioned in 1948.HistoryFollowing the Jervois Scratchley reports the colonial governments of Australia… … Wikipedia
Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service — The Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service is the agency of the Australian Commonwealth Government responsible for the mapping and surveying of undersea terrain and irregularities on and under the water s surface (known collectively as… … Wikipedia
Operation Queensland Flood Assist — Part of 2010–2011 Queensland floods … Wikipedia
