HMA Ships BOWEN and LATROBE, (minesweepers), were sold out of service for breaking up in Hong Kong. ...
HMAS Bowen
Australian Naval History on 28 January 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 17 June 1943
HMA Ships GAWLER and LISMORE, (minesweepers) and two motor minesweepers, picked up 1353 survivors from the troop ship YOMA, sunk by a German submarine off Derna, Libya. Operation Lilliput ended. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS BOWEN, (LEUT G. L. Olsen, RAN), was commissioned. BOWEN was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, on 9 February 1942, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 1942
HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), escorted the transport TASMAN, with the advance guard of Milne Force embarked, into Milne Bay. The Japanese were to suffer their first defeat in this area. HMAS ...