Naval Units

Listing of Commonwealth Naval Ships in the BCFESR or FESR from 1962 to 1966, leading up to and during the Indonesian Confrontation. Lists by Country.

Aircraft Carriers

HMS Ark Royal	HMS Hermes

HMS Hermes & HMS Victorious	HMAS Melbourne

British (RN)

Aircraft Carriers: HMS Ark Royal HMS Hermes HMS Victorious	Helicopter Carriers: HMS Albion HMS Bulwark HMS Centaur	Cruisers: HMS London. HMS Tiger.
Destroyers: HMS Agincourt HMS Barossa HMS Caesar HMS Cambrian HMS Carysfort HMS Cavalier HMS Delight HMS Devonshire HMS Hampshire HMS Kent	Frigates: HMS Ajax HMS Berwick HMS Blackpool HMS Brighton HMS Chichester HMS Crane HMS Dido HMS Euryalus HMS Lincoln HMS Llandaff HMS Loch Fada HMS Loch Killisport HMS Loch Lomond HMS Londonderry HMS Plymouth HMS Salisbury HMS Whitby. HMS Zest	Coastal minesweepers: HMS Chawton HMS Dartington HMS Dufton HMS Fiskerton HMS Houghton HMS Hubberston HMS Invermoriston HMS Kildarton HMS Lanton HMS Maryton HMS Penston HMS Picton HMS Plaston HMS Puncheston HMS Sheraton HMS Thankerton HMS Wilkieston HMS Woolaston
Inshore minesweeper: HMS Ickford	Minesweeper Support vessel: HMS Manxman HMS Mull of Kintyre HMS Barfoil	Despatch Vessel: HMS Alert

HMS Ickford	HMS Barfoil	HMS Alert
7th Submarine Squadron (SM7): SM 7 Depot ship HMS Maidstone. Submarines varied but in 1965/66 comprised :- HMS/M Alliance HMS/M Ambush HMS/M Amphion HMS/M Anchorite HMS/M Andrew HMS/M Auriga HMS/M Oberon RFAs: Gold Ranger, Tidepool, Tidereach Eddyrock	LCTs: Naval Party Kilo was based in Kuchin using a variety of small craft to run river patrols with sub units based at Lundu and Sematan. Fleet Air Arm: Attack aircraft from Victorious, Ark Royal and Hermes flew sorties and CAP from Butterworth, Changi, & Seletar.	Fleet Air Arm: 845 Naval Air Squadron, Wessex helicopters. Embarked on board HMS Albion. Deployed to Sibu and Nanga Gaat November 1963 to June 1965. 846 Naval Air Squadron, Whirlwind helicopters. Embarked on board HMS Albion. 848 Naval Air Squadron, 848 NACS SQN landed ashore in Borneo and after an initial deployment to Kuching were stationed at RAF Labuan. 849 Naval Air Squadron, Four Fairey Gannet AEW aircraft B flight from HMS Victorious, flying out of RAF Seletar.

Helecopter Assault and Fast Troop Transport Ships

HMS Albion	HMS Bulwark

HMS Centaur	HMAS Sydney

Australian (RAN)

Aircraft Carriers: HMAS Melbourne	Fast Troop Transport: HMAS Sydney	Oilers: HMAS Supply
Destroyers: HMAS Duchess HMAS Vampire HMAS Vendetta HMAS Voyager Survey Ships: HMAS Diamantina, HMAS Moresby >	Frigates: HMAS Derwent HMAS Parramatta HMAS Queenborough HMAS Yarra	Coastal minesweepers: HMAS Curlew HMAS Gull HMAS Hawk HMAS Ibis HMAS Snipe HMAS Teal

HMAS Duchess	HMAS Yarra	HMAS Vendetta

New Zealand (RNZN)

Cruisers: HMNZS Royalist	Frigates: HMNZS Otago HMNZS Taranaki HMNZS Blackpool	Coastal minesweepers: HMNZS Hickleton HMNZS Santon

HMNZS Hickleton	HMNZS Taranaki	HMNZS Santon

Malaysia (RMN)

KD Sri Hang Tuah >
KD Sri Melaka
KD Sri Negri Sembilan
KD Sri Petrel
KD Sri Perak
KD Sri Sabah
KD Sn Todak

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