HMAS WOLLONGONG, (minesweeper), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
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Australian Naval History on 3 July 1941
The tug HMAS HEROS, was commissioned. HEROS, (as ST ERTHE), was laid down in Glasgow, in 1919, for the RN. She was requisitioned for the RAN on 3 July 1941, ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1941
HMAS PERTH and HM Ships NAIAD, KANDAHAR, KINGSTON, HAVOCK, and GRIFFIN shelled French positions east of Damur. HMAS PERTH was attacked in error by British aircraft, but no damage resulted ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1941
The examination vessel HMAS GERARD, was commissioned. GERARD, (as the schooner EDDA), was laid down in Kiel, Germany, in 1925. She was requisitioned for the RAN, from her owners, R ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1941
HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), was heavily damaged in a bombing attack by German aircraft, east of Tobruk. HMS DEFENDER, in going along side to pass a tow to WATERHEN, narrowly averted ...
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1941
HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), sailed on her 13th and last voyage to Tobruk. WATERHEN was sunk off Salum. ‘Chook’, as she was called by her crew, was attacked by dive bombers, ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1941
HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), in company with HM ships, bombarded Damur, Syria. PERTH destroyed an enemy gun battery and a wireless station. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1941
HMAS ROCKHAMPTON, (minesweeper), was launched at Walker’s Yard, Brisbane. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 June 1941
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (sloop), picked up 164 survivors from HMS AUCKLAND, sunk by German dive bombers off Tobruk. They were escorting the small petrol carrier PASS OF BAHAMA to Tobruk. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1941
HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), and HM Ships NAIAD, LEANDER, JAGUAR, and KINGSTON, engaged the French destroyers GUEPARD and VALMY, in a running battle 10 miles north of Beirut, Syria, (now Lebanon). ...