HMAS GAWLER, (minesweeper), landed working parties at Bombay to assist restoration of port facilities, after the British ammunition ship, FORT STIKINE, caught fire and blew up, devastating the port. Three ...
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Australian Naval History on 20 June 1944
HMAS MATAFELE was sunk. 4 officers, 20 ratings, and 13 native crew lost their lives. ADML Crutchley, USN, was appointed Officer in Tactical Command of a force of Australian and ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1944
RANVR officers serving with the RN, held the following commands:- 1 destroyer, 1 frigate, 2 corvettes, 1 submarine, 1 fleet minesweeper, 4 flotillas of tank landing craft, and miscellaneous vessels ...
Australian Naval History on 11 June 1944
The Fremantle-based USS REDFIN, (submarine), sank the Japanese tanker ASSANGI MARU in the Sulu Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1944
The Fremantle-based USS HARDER, (submarine), reported three battleships, four cruisers and six destroyers leaving Tawitawi for the Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 June 1944
The Fremantle-based USS HARDER, (submarine), sank the Japanese destroyer TANIKAZE in the Sibutu Passage. HARDER sank three destroyers on the patrol. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), ARUNTA, and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), engaged ...
Australian Naval History on 8 June 1944
The Fremantle-based US Ships RASHER, HAKE, and HARDER, (submarines), sank a Japanese destroyer and a tanker, and evacuated commandos from Borneo. HAKE torpedoed the destroyer KAZEGUMO off Mindanao, RASHER torpedoed ...
Australian Naval History on 6 June 1944
D-Day: The D-Day landings took place on the beaches at Normandy, which signalled the beginning of the Allied assault on occupied France, and which would lead to the final defeat of ...
Australian Naval History on 5 June 1944
The Fremantle based USS PUFFER, (submarine), sank the Japanese tankers ASHIZURI and TAKASAKI, in the Sulu Sea. The Burns Philp vessel MV BULOLO was commissioned into the RN as a ...
Australian Naval History on 2 June 1944
Australian troops landed on Karkar Island after bombardment by Australian ships. ...