HMA Ships KALGOORLIE and TOWNSVILLE, (minesweepers), completed a three months’ search for mines in the Great Barrier Reef, during which time 491 mines were swept. The mines were laid by ...
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Australian Naval History on 27 November 1944
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS KARINA, was commissioned. The air/sea rescue vessel AIR WATCH, (SBLT W. A. Bach, RANVR), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1944
HMA Ships KALGOORLIE and TOWNSVILLE, (minesweepers), swept the passages in the Great Barrier Reef for enemy mines. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 November 1944
The Fremantle-based British submarine HMS STRATAGEM, was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in Malacca Strait. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 November 1944
The Fremantle-based British submarine HMS Tantalus, (LCDR H. S. Mackenzie, RN), made a vain search for the Commandos of Operation Rimau on Merapas Island. The landing party found signs of ...
Australian Naval History on 20 November 1944
The air/sea rescue vessel AIR VIEW, (SBLT L. K. Williams, RANVR), was commissioned. ML827 foundered while under tow east of Waterfall Bay, New Britain. The commanding officer of ML827 was ...
Australian Naval History on 19 November 1944
HMAS BURDEKIN, (frigate), bombarded Japanese positions on Halmahera Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1944
HMAS ML 827 Royal Australian Navy The Fairmile B motor launch ran aground in Jacquinot Bay, New Guinea. She capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off ...
Australian Naval History on 15 November 1944
CAPT Buchanan recorded in Reports of Proceedings of HMAS ARUNTA, (destroyer):- ‘HMAS ARUNTA contributed her share to the heavy concentration of fire that destroyed an enemy aircraft soon after ABNER ...
Australian Naval History on 14 November 1944
LCDR Stanley Darling, RANVR, was awarded the DSC twice in seven days, on 7 and 14 November. Darling commanded HMS LOCH KILLEN, (frigate), in anti-submarine operations in the Atlantic. He ...