HMA Ships SYDNEY, (cruiser), STUART, VAMPIRE, and VOYAGER, (destroyers), participated in the Battle of Calabria. The signal, ‘Enemy battle fleet in sight,’ was hoisted for the first time in the Mediterranean since the Napoleonic Wars.
HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), was launched at Fairfield’s Yard, UK.
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), left the Dakar force and proceeded to the Clyde.