The air/sea rescue vessel AIR MASTER, (SBLT N. Shield, RANVR), was commissioned. ...
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Australian Naval History on 12 August 1944
HMAS SWAN, (sloop), bombarded Japanese positions at Wide Bay, New Britain. The shooting was directed by Coastwatcher LCDR. Mckenzie. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1944
HMS ALBATROSS, (former seaplane carrier HMAS ALBATROSS), was torpedoed off Courseulles, France. Casualties exceeded 100, of whom 50 were killed. The ship reached port safely. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 August 1944
The air/sea rescue vessel AIR CHIEF, (SBLT R. Vaughan, RANR), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 August 1944
HM Ships LOCH KILLIN, (LCDR Stanley Darling, RANR), and WREN, sank the German submarine U608, eight hours after it was damaged in an attack by a Liberator bomber. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 August 1944
The frigate HMS LOCH KILLIN, (LCDR. S. Darling, RANVR), depth-charged the German submarine U736, off the French coast. The U-boat was blown to the surface and jammed across LOCH KILLIN’S ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1944
HMAS BARWON, (frigate), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 July 1944
The frigate HMS LOCH KILLIN, (LCDR Stanley Darling, RANVR), sank the German submarine U333 off the French coast. U333 was the first submarine destroyed by the Squid anti-submarine weapon. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 July 1944
The last known use of a Seagull V (Walrus) by the RAN when one attached to the sloop HMAS Warrego, for air sea rescue and reconnaissance duties in northern New ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1944
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), fired on a launch loaded with Japanese troops off Mios Wundi Island, New Guinea. The launch was destroyed. ...