HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), and HMS AJAX, landed troops and equipment at Suda Bay, Crete. ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 5 November 1940
CAPT Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, RN, was awarded the VC posthumously for outstanding bravery while commanding the armed merchant cruiser HMS JERVIS BAY, when he engaged the German pocket battleship ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1940
HMAS NORMAN, (destroyer), was launched at Thornycroft’s Yard, UK. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 October 1940
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), rescued 9 the crew of 13 of a Sunderland flying boat which had force-landed in heavy seas, and gale-force winds, west of the Hebrides. 4 airmen lost their ...
Australian Naval History on 28 October 1940
Italy invaded Greece, and Greece joined the Allies. HMA Ships SYDNEY, (cruiser), STUART, VAMPIRE, VENDETTA, VOYAGER, and WATERHEN, (destroyers), were deployed to escort supply convoys to Greece. W.M. Hughes succeeded ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1940
HMAS BURNIE, (minesweeper), was launched at Mort’s Dock, Sydney. BURNIE was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1946, and renamed CERAM. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 October 1940
HMAS YARRA and HMS AUCKLAND, (sloops), engaged three Italian destroyers east of Massawa. Later HMS KIMBERLEY, (destroyer), encountered one of the Italian ships, drove it ashore, and destroyed it with ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1940
Navy House opened in Melbourne. HMAS MARYBOROUGH, (minesweeper), was launched at Walker’s, Maryborough, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 October 1940
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), stood by while HMS YORK, (cruiser), sank the crippled Italian ship ARTIGLIERE, (destroyer). The enemy vessel was damaged in a night engagement with HMS AJAX, between Malta ...
Australian Naval History on 2 October 1940
HMAS SYDNEY, and HMS ORION, (cruisers), bombarded Italian defences on the port of Maltazana, Dodecanese Islands. ...