HMA Ships KALGOORLIE and CASTLEMAINE, (minesweepers), were launched on the same day at Whyalla, SA, and Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, respectively ...
Australian Naval History on 6 August 1941
HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), attacked a surfaced German submarine off Gibraltar. The submarine fired a torpedo which passed down the destroyer’s length. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1941
HMA Ships BATHURST and LISMORE, (minesweepers), joined the Mediterranean Fleet. ADML A.B. Cunningham returned them to duty in the Red Sea, considering them unsuitable for service in the Mediterranean. HMAS ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1941
HMAS Vendetta, completed the last of her 39 Tobruk Ferry runs, departing the fortress’s harbour 42 minutes after midnight and returning to Alexandria in company with HMS Havock. HMAS Vendetta ...
Australian Naval History on 2 August 1941
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), sailed on her 39th run to besieged Tobruk. The destroyer made more runs to Tobruk than any other British or Australian ships. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1941
HMAS DELORAINE, (minesweeper), was launched at Mort’s Dock, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1941
C-in-C, Mediterranean, ADML A. B. Cunningham, signalled HMAS NESTOR:- ‘I hasten to add my congratulations and those of all in Force H. Another good piece of work by NESTOR. You ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1941
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS MILDURA, (LEUT G. E. V. G. Owen, RANR (S)), was commissioned. MILDURA was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, on 23 September 1940, and ...
Australian Naval History on 22 July 1941
Two torpedoes fired by a submarine under attack passed beneath HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), in an action 70 miles north of Cape Bougaroni, North Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1941
The Naval Auxiliary Patrol was established as a formation of the RAN. A volunteer patrol had operated from Australian ports from the outbreak of WWII. In the first 10 days ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1941
HMAS HOBART relieved HMAS PERTH, in the Mediterranean and HMAS PERTH departed Alexandria to return to Australia. VADM Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG, was appointed First Naval Member and Chief ...
Australian Naval History on 17 July 1941
HMAS WESTRALIA, (armed merchant cruiser), evacuated 93 refugees from Nauru and Ocean Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1941
HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), joined the 7th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 July 1941
German bombers made a determined effort to close the Suez canal when they attacked Port Tewfik, at the southern end of the Suez Canal. The 28,000 ton merchant vessel Georgic, ...
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1941
HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), reached Suez, on her way to replace HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), in the Mediterranean. The loss of HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), on 30 June, raised in the Admiralty the ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 1941
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), sank HMS DEFENDER, (destroyer), after the British ship was severely damaged in German air attacks off Sidi Barrani. HMAS MARTINDALE, (auxiliary patrol vessel), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1941
HMAS STUART damaged her starboard propeller when she ran struck a shoal while approaching Tobruk ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1941
HMAS WOLLONGONG, (minesweeper), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1941
The tug HMAS HEROS, was commissioned. HEROS, (as ST ERTHE), was laid down in Glasgow, in 1919, for the RN. She was requisitioned for the RAN on 3 July 1941, ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1941
HMAS PERTH and HM Ships NAIAD, KANDAHAR, KINGSTON, HAVOCK, and GRIFFIN shelled French positions east of Damur. HMAS PERTH was attacked in error by British aircraft, but no damage resulted ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1941
The examination vessel HMAS GERARD, was commissioned. GERARD, (as the schooner EDDA), was laid down in Kiel, Germany, in 1925. She was requisitioned for the RAN, from her owners, R ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1941
HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), was heavily damaged in a bombing attack by German aircraft, east of Tobruk. HMS DEFENDER, in going along side to pass a tow to WATERHEN, narrowly averted ...
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1941
HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), sailed on her 13th and last voyage to Tobruk. WATERHEN was sunk off Salum. ‘Chook’, as she was called by her crew, was attacked by dive bombers, ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1941
HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), in company with HM ships, bombarded Damur, Syria. PERTH destroyed an enemy gun battery and a wireless station. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1941
HMAS ROCKHAMPTON, (minesweeper), was launched at Walker’s Yard, Brisbane. ...