HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), arrived in Singapore with a convoy under escort, and was subjected to Japanese air attack at the naval base. A signal from the Dutch destroyer HMNS ISAAC ...
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Australian Naval History on 2 January 1942
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA, and PERTH, (cruisers), with HMS ACHILLES escorted the first large troop reinforcement convoy to Port Moresby. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 December 1941
HMA Ships NAPIER, NIZAM, and NESTOR, (destroyers), joined HM Ships AJAX, KINGSTON, ARROW, and GURKHA in the bombardment of German defence posts on the outskirts of Bardia. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 December 1941
CAPT H. B. Farncomb, RAN, assumed command of HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 December 1941
The boom working vessel HMAS KARANGI, was commissioned. KARANGI was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 5 February 1941, and launched on 16 August 1941. Mrs G. Hutcheson ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1941
MIDN L. J. Tathan, RAN, and the crew of the whaler from HMS KANDAHAR which he was commanding in rescue operations, was killed when the boat was heavily strafed by ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 1941
HMS NEPTUNE sank after striking a mine off the coast of Tripoli. Only one rating of the crew of 717 survived. Among those lost were the two RAN members of ...
Australian Naval History on 17 December 1941
HMA Ships SWAN, (sloop), and BANTAM, (transport), landed troop reinforcements on Ambon Island. HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), was straddled twice by 15 inch shells from Italian battleships during the Battle of ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1941
HMAS YARRA passed through the Suez Canal to return to Australia. She arrived at Colombo on the 30/12/41 and Batavia on 11/1/42 for escort duties ...
Australian Naval History on 15 December 1941
HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), sank the German submarine U127 south-west of Cape St Vincent. The following awards resulted from this action:- Bar to DSO CAPT A. S. Rosenthal; DSC Mr. R. ...