HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), was withdrawn from duties in northern New Guinea waters, and returned to Sydney for repairs. ...
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Australian Naval History on 29 May 1944
The German submarine U181 sank the Australian merchant ship NELLORE, in the Indian Ocean. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 May 1944
HMA Ships GOULBURN and GYMPIE, (minesweepers), bombarded Japanese positions at Bunabun Harbour, in preparation for an Allied landing. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 May 1944
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SHROPSHIRE, ARUNTA, and WARRAMUNGA, were involved in the Allied landing at Biak, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 May 1944
The Fremantle-based USS CABRILLA, (submarine), sank the Japanese transport SANYO MARU, in Macassar Strait. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1944
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS PARKES, was commissioned. PARKES was laid down at Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, on 16 March 1943, and launched on 3 October 1943. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 May 1944
The Fremantle-based US Submarines GURNARD, LAPON, and RATON, sank four Japanese ships. GURNARD torpedoed the tanker TATEKAWA MARU, off Mindanao; LAPON torpedoed the transports WALES MARU and BIZEN MARU, off ...
Australian Naval History on 22 May 1944
Task Force 74, which consisted of HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SHROPSHIRE, ARUNTA, and WARRAMUNGA, and the US Navy vessels MULLANY and AMMEN, withdrew to Humboldt Bay, (New Guinea), to refuel, after ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 1944
HMA Ships QUIBERON, NAPIER and NEPAL, (destroyers), were involved in Operation Transom. This was the attack mounted by Allied aircraft and surface units on Japanese oil installations at Surabaya. HMA ...
Australian Naval History on 16 May 1944
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), bombarded Sawar Airfield, Dutch New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 1944
The Fremantle-based USS BONEFISH, (submarine), reported a Japanese fleet of 9 aircraft carriers, 6 battleships, 11 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 30 destroyers, at Tawitawi in the Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1944
HMA Ships BARCOO, (frigate), KAPUNDA and STAWELL, (corvettes), supported by motor launches, bombarded Japanese troop fortifications at Karkar Island, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 May 1944
HMA Ships GOULBURN, GYMPIR, STAWELL, and KAPUNDA, (corvettes), with ML431, ML806, and ML424, bombarded Karkar Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 May 1944
CAPT H.A. Showers, RAN, assumed command of HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser). Mrs Ruby Boye, Australia’s only woman Coastwatcher, was appointed Honorary Third Officer, WRANS. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 May 1944
In the period 24 April to 3 May, HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), transported 1937 soldiers, and 90 tons of stores, in support of the Australian advance from Langemark to Madang, New ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1944
Thirty-six US submarines were operating from Fremantle. Six more were based sporadically at Brisbane. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1944
The Brisbane-based USS BLUEGILL, (submarine), sank the Japanese cruiser YUBARI in the Sonsorol Islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 April 1944
HMAS BUNDABERG, (minesweeper), attacked Japanese positions on Sek Island, (off Madang). All the ship’s armament was used in the attack. A landing party made up of soldiers, and some of ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1944
HMA Ships VENDETTA, (destroyer), and BUNDABERG, (corvette), provided close support to troops in the capture of Madang, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1944
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SHROPSHIRE, ARUNTA, and WARRAMUNGA provided covering fire for the landing of troops from the Australian landing ships WESTRALIA, MANOORA, and KANIMBLA, at Humboldt Bay, near Hollandia in ...
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1944
ADML Somerville signalled the British Admiralty after the successful attack on Sabang; ‘We caught the Japs with their kimonos up and their heads down and gave Sabang a good bang’. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 April 1944
HMA Ships NAPIER, NEPAL, NIZAM, QUICKMATCH, and QUIBERON, (destroyers), operated as part of the British Pacific Fleet in the attack on Sabang, (Operation Cockpit), by carrier-borne aircraft. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1944
The Fremantle-based USS REDFIN, (submarine), sank the Japanese transport KAMAGATA MARU in the South China Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1944
The Fremantle-based USS REDFIN, (submarine), sank the Japanese transport SHINYU MARU, in the South China Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 April 1944
The Fremantle-based USS BONEFISH, (submarine), sank the Japanese destroyer INAZUMA, off North Borneo. LEUT M. H. Shean, RANVR, commanding a midget submarine, successfully laid charges in Bergen Harbour, Norway. A ...