The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS LITHGOW, (CMDR A. V. Knight, RANR), was commissioned. LITHGOW was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Balmain, Sydney, on 19 August 1940, and launched on 21 December 1940.
CMDR E. F. V. Dechaineux, RAN, was awarded the DSC for conspicuous gallantry in HM Ships VIVACIOUS and EGLINGTON, (destroyers), during the evacuation of Dunkirk.