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Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers Emerge From The Waters Of The australian royal commission into defence and veteran suicide, which delivered its final report this week, heard the rate of suicide amongst clearance divers could be up to twice that of the. The ran has used divers on a regular basis since the 1920s, but it was not until world war ii that clearance diving operations came to the fore, with ran divers working alongside royal navy divers to remove naval mines from british waters, and from the waters of captured ports on the european mainland such as hugh syme, john mould, george gosse and leon goldsworthy all highly decorated. [9].

Australia 1949 Royal Australian Navy Divers Emerge From The Deep None noted. during the period 27 january – 9 may, 1991, australian clearance diving team 3 deployed to the middle east in support of operations damask and desert storm. under the command of lcdr j. griffith, ran, the team consisted of 23 clearance divers and fifty tonnes of equipment and explosives and was initially based in bahrain. The royal australian navy clearance diving branch is a proud custodian of traditions, sacrifice and professionalism exhibited by a small but dedicated number of personnel between 1939 and 1951, pre dating the official designation of ‘clearance diver’. 9news was given rare access to join a team of royal australian navy clearance divers as they trained after dark in sydney’s pittwater. producer wes hardman writes of the vital and dangerous role. The clearance diving branch of the royal australian navy was formed in 1951 with the primary role of “location, identification and disposal of mines underwater”. its secondary roles included “underwater maintenance, training of the fleet in ship defence against saboteurs, beach reconnaissance and minor salvage”.

Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers Emerge From The Waters Of 9news was given rare access to join a team of royal australian navy clearance divers as they trained after dark in sydney’s pittwater. producer wes hardman writes of the vital and dangerous role. The clearance diving branch of the royal australian navy was formed in 1951 with the primary role of “location, identification and disposal of mines underwater”. its secondary roles included “underwater maintenance, training of the fleet in ship defence against saboteurs, beach reconnaissance and minor salvage”. Royal australian navy clearance divers emerge from the waters of pittwater while conducting a surveillance exercise at palm beach in sydney. this is a great example of being in the right place at the right time. fellow leading seaman imagery specialist kayla jackson and i had gone to palm beach for a planned photoshoot with some clearance. The royal australian navy clearance divers association (rancda) had its genesis in 1972 and formed from the clearance diving team 3 – vietnam veterans association in 1985 in order to “to create a brotherhood of former and serving clearance divers and contribute to improving their and their families lives by providing camaraderie, advocacy, and mateship.”.

Australian Navy Clearance Divers Surveillance Exercise Epe Royal australian navy clearance divers emerge from the waters of pittwater while conducting a surveillance exercise at palm beach in sydney. this is a great example of being in the right place at the right time. fellow leading seaman imagery specialist kayla jackson and i had gone to palm beach for a planned photoshoot with some clearance. The royal australian navy clearance divers association (rancda) had its genesis in 1972 and formed from the clearance diving team 3 – vietnam veterans association in 1985 in order to “to create a brotherhood of former and serving clearance divers and contribute to improving their and their families lives by providing camaraderie, advocacy, and mateship.”.