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HMAS Benalla I

Chief of Naval Staff Visits HMAS Benalla

Jarrett, Hugh · Mar 30, 2004 ·

DURING WW2 we had commissioned the corvette HMAS Benalla as a survey ship and she was lying alongside Station Pier West, Port Melbourne, about to start acceptance and work-up. A ...

The Role of the RAN in the Liberation of the Philippines

Royle, Guy, Admiral · Mar 30, 2001 ·

An address by RADM Guy Griffiths, AO, DSO, DSC, RAN Retd at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne (Oct 2000) Together with the widely dispersed set-backs in late 1941 – early ...

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Australian Naval History on 28 January 1946

On This Day · Jan 28, 1946 ·

HMAS Benalla (I) paid off into reserve at Fremantle. Benalla (I) remained at Fremantle until 25 March 1955, when the tug HMAS Sprightly sailed for Melbourne with Benalla (I) in ...

Australian Naval History on 14 March 1944

On This Day · Mar 14, 1944 ·

HMAS SHEPPARTON, (minesweeper), landed troops at Talasea, New Britain. HMAS BENALLA, (minesweeper), surveyed Seeadler Harbour, Manus Island, while under enemy gunfire. ...

Australian Naval History on 4 September 1943

On This Day · Sep 4, 1943 ·

Engaged in the Allied landing at Lae, New Guinea, HMA Ships SHEPPARTON and BENALLA, (corvettes), carried out a close bombardment of enemy troop positions. A preliminary survey of the landing ...

Australian Naval History on 27 April 1943

On This Day · Apr 27, 1943 ·

The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS BENALLA, (LCDR L. N. Morrison, RANR(S)), was commissioned. BENALLA was laid down at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, VIC, on 24 March 1942, and launched on ...

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