The armament store-carrier HMAS MULCRA, was commissioned. MULCRA was laid down in Svendborg, Denmark, in 1925. She was requisitioned for the RAN from her owners, the Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, in 1945.
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The armament store-carrier HMAS MULCRA, was commissioned. MULCRA was laid down in Svendborg, Denmark, in 1925. She was requisitioned for the RAN from her owners, the Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, in 1945.
The painting of HMAS Warramunga reflects a major article in this edition which provides a potted history of the RAN in the Korean War. The images of HMAS Adelaide reference the article about Adelaide’s Boarding party. It was only resourceful action by the ship’s helicopter, directed by the Flight Commander, that enabled the Boarding Party to be safely recovered, thereby averting an international incident.