A SERVICE to mark the 56th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy's worst peacetime disaster will be held at Red Cliffs on Monday.

The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and destroyer HMAS Voyager were performing manoeuvres off Jervis Bay when the ships collided on February 10, 1964, killing 82 people.

Most died immediately or were trapped in the heavy bow section of the Voyager, while the Melbou...