HMAS GAWLER, (minesweeper), landed working parties at Bombay to assist restoration of port facilities, after the British ammunition ship, FORT STIKINE, caught fire and blew up, devastating the port. Three Indian Navy ships and 18 merchant ships were lost in the explosion.
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1944
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