HMAS Aware Plaque
Name/Title
HMAS Aware PlaqueEntry/Object ID
2023.112.2Description
A wooden shield, with the crest of HMAS Aware. A Tudor sailing ship adorns a crown surmounting the scroll AWARE. A black circle is surrounded in gold with a pointer dog facing left in the centre. Below the circle, is a boomerang, upon which are a crossed stone axe and an unidentified weapon. A scroll beneath displays the motto: FOREVER ALERT. The timber plaque appears to be a hardwood.Use
HMAS Aware P91 was an Attack-class patrol boat. She was launched on the 7th of October 1967, commissioned on the 21st of June 1968 and decommissioned on the 17th of July 1993. Her Motto was :"Forever Alert". On November the 24th 1970 while with HMAS Adroit on SAR duties HMAS Aware assisted in an attempt to salvage a ditched helicopter from HMAS Albatross after a Westland Wessex crashed. Aware was transferred to the Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in November 1982. Sold to a private owner sometime before 1998, she was used as a diving and salvage ship after being modified. Sold again in 2006 to investors she sailed to Bundaberg, Queensland, and later fell into disrepair due to lack of funds. In December 2011, the vessel was scrapped.Category
Memorabilia, Plaque