Australian Naval History on 16 May 1945

On This Day · May 16, 1945 · Print This Page

HM Ships INDOMITABLE, (aircraft carrier), and QUILLIAM, (destroyer), collided off Okinawa. HMAS NORMAN, (destroyer), stood by to assist the damaged QUILLIAM.

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