HMAS Vendetta 1974

An episode of A Big Country shown on the ABC

[@KJs581]

Two postings to her in 77 and 79, then to Vampire. Worked M22 radar. Good ships.

[@edwardcatton1047]

R.I.P Petty Officer Les Catton!, killed on board HMAS ARROW!, Darwin, 1974!, during Cyclone Tracy?, Dad.

[@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCE]

CPO Ivor Laggan HMS DARING DO5 15 years' service. Sailed on 2022 RIP DAD!

[@petechapman1108]

Great Video. Best Captain and Best ship I ever served on. Some familiar faces. I get a small lookin over the Captains shoulder.

[@darylburnet8328]

Thanks for this video. In 1974 i was in for final selection to the Naval Academy. After watching this I can thank God I changed my mind. I became a High School Teacher made a good difference.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

In 1983 I got accepted into the Navy but didn't join. Travelled and became a nurse.

[@HMASJervisBay]

Ahhh, RESDES No 8's anti-flash, twenty years, what a life. The last of the real boy's own adventure. 1975-1995.

[@HMASJervisBay]

@Documentary Detective III It was on daily orders as the dress of the day. Whites in summer and blues in winter. Each outfit has a particular number. That's why they have recruit school where you learn everything about service life. So your kit is drummed into you. One would have to be the most retarded not to have it all worked out by the time you start your branch training. Same for officers. Take No 8s. They were your winter work dress with a foul weather jacket. Summer was No 10As blue shorts with No8s shirt and sandals. Then there was square rig and round rig. Square was senior sailors and officers, round for LS and below. See simple.

[@HMASJervisBay]

@Documentary Detective III No, the senior officers have pissed all over the traditions of a thousand years. Pissed on the graves of those who lay in foreign fields. Officers who have switched from a uniform to a dress and high heels. In short disgraceful.

[@HMASJervisBay]

@Documentary Detective III I have some footage of my time in the puss here. The WRANs, well, I had a couple mostly great girls. Boatshed Penguin. Knew their way around a flag pole. I was 17 when I joined, and at sea, even the older blokes got me a couple gashes. Served on 9 ships, including a patrol boat and tanker and training ship as an instructor. The most wonderful life one could ever want. My kids are in I Navy 1 RAAF 1 Army, and yeah, I'm always told it's not like your day, Dad. People forget the military is not a democracy.

[@nosignal88]

My uncle served on this ship from Malaya to Vietnam

[@djpaulhannon]

My dad was a medic on this during Vietnam.

[@SteamboatWilley]

It's interesting hearing the captain's thoughts on sinking enemy junks with women and children on board, or shopting up villages where machine gun nests are located. The Viet Kong were using similar tactics to the IRA or Hamas: hiding amongst the civilian population, thus giving their opponents the dilemma of killing the innocent "human shields" or risking being killed.

[@direpants4667]

this is hysterical, these days you'd get run right in as an OOW having a durrie on the bridge whilst on watch. captain there in his tropical shorts doing calisthenics, looks more like he's 59 than 39

[@beaubrycker-ql6yq]

I was luck to have two postings 1976 and wallked off with Ltcom P.Burn ,Aug 79.

[@andywilson2406]

CMDR Ferris post Navy was CO Darwin Port Division, RANR.

[@davidk1046]

....and I believe he was the CEO of the NT Fire Service.

[@andywilson2406]

@@davidk1046 He was.