The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS IPSWICH, (LCDR J.S. McBryde, RANR) was commissioned. IPSWICH was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, on 6 March 1941, and launched on 11 August 1941.
CDRE G.D. Moore, RAN, was appointed Second Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board.
HMAS BUNGAREE, the RAN’s only minelayer, laid more than 3190 mines in her first year of service.