HMA Ships QUIBERON and QUICKMATCH, (destroyers), with HM Ships FORMIDABLE, NEWFOUNDLAND, BLACK PRINCE, BARFLEUR, GRENVILLE, TROUGHBRIDGE, and UNDINE, bombarded the Japanese coast north of Tokyo. QUIBERON and QUICKMATCH were the ...
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Australian Naval History on 15 July 1945
The RAN reached its peak WWII strength. Ships in commission numbered 315. Personnel totalled 39,650, of whom 2,617 were WRANS, and 57 nursing sisters. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1945
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (frigate), reported the finding of a small roll of paper, identified as a carrier-pigeon message, in the stomach of a shark caught off Saposa, New Guinea. The message ...
Australian Naval History on 10 July 1945
The Fremantle-based USS HAMMERHEAD, (submarine), sank the Japanese transport SAKURA MARU, and the tanker NANMEI MARU, in the Gulf of Siam. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 July 1945
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (frigate), bombarded enemy positions and installations on Sohana Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1945
CDRE H. B. Farncomb, complained of the few targets available for his flagship, HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser). ‘The few targets allocated to HMAS SHROPSHIRE, the long delays and poor co-ordination experienced, ...
Australian Naval History on 7 July 1945
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (frigate), engaged Japanese gun positions on Sohano Island, Torokina, with gunfire. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS NYANIE, (LEUT R. F. Saunders, RAN), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1945
HMAS WARREGO, (survey ship), surveyed the approaches, and buoyed the channels, for the Australian landing on Balikpapan. The Naval Post Office at HMAS PENGUIN was opened. This post office had ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1945
HMA Ships ARUNTA, HOBART, SHROPSHIRE, KANIMBLA, MANOORA, and WESTRALIA, participated in the assault on Balikpapan, Borneo. HMAS MINDARI, (gunnery instruction centre), was commissioned at Woolloomooloo, Sydney. ...