HMAS Vampire (I) delivered 102 troops & stores to Tobruk to support the besieged 7th & 9th AIF Divisions. Vampire departed Tobruk the next day just as an air raid began, evacuating 180 wounded troops.
Australian Naval History on 16 May 1941
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