Operation Seagull: The Stockton Bight Disaster @Tower Cinemas
Schedule
Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 01:30 am
UTC+11:00Location
183-185 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2300 | Newcastle, NS
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Tower Cinemas. Screening 11.30am Sunday 8th March. Present by Jacob at Our Past. Book Tickets Now. www.fivestarcinemas.com.au/newcastle/movie/our-past-operation-seagull-stockton-bight-disastIn March 1954, 184 army troops left Newcastle Harbour on what was meant to be a routine two-week amphibious training mission. Known as Operation Seagull, it involved the Army's only amphibious unit and a fleet of ageing wartime vehicles that had already seen hard service. Within hours, the exercise collapsed into one of Australia’s worst peacetime disasters.
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