The Bathurst class minesweeper HMAS ECHUCA, was commissioned. ECHUCA was laid down in Williamstown Naval Dockyard on 22 February 1941, and launched on 17 January 1942. Lady Royle.
HrMs Tromp and HMAS Adelaide departed Fremantle as escort for convoy US 17 that left Fremantle for Durban, South-Africa.