The 6th Destroyer Flotilla, of which included HMAS NESTOR, captured a German weather ship in the Arctic. ...
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Australian Naval History on 5 May 1941
HMAS PARRAMATTA arrived at Suez to reinforce the Mediterranean Fleet. However, she was ordered to remain there temporarily to provide anti-aircraft protection for liners QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH. HMAS ...
Australian Naval History on 4 May 1941
HMA Ships NAPIER and NIZAM, (destroyers), arrived at Alexandria to join other units of the RAN based there. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1941
HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), picked up the crew of an aircraft from HMS FORMIDABLE, (aircraft carrier), which had ditched in the sea off Crete. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1941
The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS PATERSON, was commissioned. PATERSON was laid down as a coastal steamer in 1920, and requisitioned for the RAN on 1 May 1941. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1941
The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS COOMBAR, was commissioned. COOMBAR was laid down in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1912, and requisitioned for the RAN from her owners, Wm Crosby & Co, Melbourne, ...
Australian Naval History on 29 April 1941
HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), engaged a German E boat with her main armament in Kasos Strait, off Crete. The E boat withdrew at high speed. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 April 1941
A Seagull amphibian aircraft from HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), was shot down by German aircraft off Anti Kyrethia, Greece. The aircraft crashed into the sea, but her crew of three, (Flight ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1941
HMA Ships STUART, VENDETTA, VAMPIRE, and WATERHEN, (destroyers), sailed from Suda Bay to Alexandria as escort to convoy GA12. RAN ships evacuating troops from Greece, picked up the last message ...
Australian Naval History on 26 April 1941
HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), carried 911 Australian and New Zealand troops, and HMAS STUART, (destroyer), evacuated 109, from Tolos to Suda Bay, Crete. Earlier that night STUART had ferried 600 troops ...