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HMAS Hobart I

Australian Naval History on 8 May 1942

On This Day · May 8, 1942 ·

HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and HOBART continued to patrol the western part of the Coral Sea, to prevent Japanese transports moving towards Port Moresby. US air attacks in the eastern Coral ...

Australian Naval History on 7 May 1942

On This Day · May 7, 1942 ·

HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and HOBART, (Task Force 44, under RADM John Crace, RN), were attacked by 19 Japanese land based aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea. While some ...

Australian Naval History on 1 March 1942

On This Day · Mar 1, 1942 ·

HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), was sunk by enemy action. 23 officers and 333 ratings lost their lives. HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), evacuated 512 refugees from Padang and landed them at Colombo. ...

Australian Naval History on 27 February 1942

On This Day · Feb 27, 1942 ·

LCDR F. N. Cook, RAN, was Senior Naval Officer at the beach-head during the British Commando and parachute raid on German radio location stations at Bruneval, France. Cook was awarded ...

Australian Naval History on 26 February 1942

On This Day · Feb 26, 1942 ·

RADM Karl Doorman, (Dutch Navy), sailed with his fleet of five cruisers, including HMAS PERTH, and nine destroyers, from Sourabaya. At the same time a striking force formed on HMAS ...

Australian Naval History on 25 February 1942

On This Day · Feb 25, 1942 ·

HMAS KUTTABUL, a former Sydney Harbour ferry, was commissioned as an accommodation vessel. HM Submarine P38 was sunk by the Italian torpedo boats, CIRCE and USODIMARE, off Tunisia. The First ...

Australian Naval History on 15 February 1942

On This Day · Feb 15, 1942 ·

The cruiser, HMAS HOBART, (CAPT H. L. Howden, RAN), was attacked by 109 Japanese aircraft in 13 attacks in the Dutch East Indies. HOBART escaped. The Island of Singapore was ...

Australian Naval History on 14 February 1942

On This Day · Feb 14, 1942 ·

The cruiser, HMAS HOBART, (CAPT H. L. Howden, RAN), joined an Allied naval striking force at the western end of Java, organized by ABDA, (Australian-British-Dutch-American), but the enemy had carried ...

Australian Naval History on 3 February 1942

On This Day · Feb 3, 1942 ·

HMAS TOOWOOMBA, rescued the crew of the bombed merchant vessel LOCH RANZA in the Rhio Strait, Malaya. The United States Navy transferred its submarine base from Darwin to Fremantle. The ...

Australian Naval History on 27 January 1942

On This Day · Jan 27, 1942 ·

HMAS VAMPIRE and HMS THANET, (destroyers) launched a night attack on a superior Japanese force landing troops at Endau, Malaya. The destroyers penetrated the enemy line and engaged vessels on ...

Australian Naval History on 7 January 1942

On This Day · Jan 7, 1942 ·

HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), joined the ABDA Fleet at Batavia. The cruiser was returning to Australia after service in the Mediterranean when she was diverted to the Far East. ...

Australian Naval History on 3 January 1942

On This Day · Jan 3, 1942 ·

HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), arrived in Singapore with a convoy under escort, and was subjected to Japanese air attack at the naval base. A signal from the Dutch destroyer HMNS ISAAC ...

Australian Naval History on 11 December 1941

On This Day · Dec 11, 1941 ·

The Australian Government requested the British Admiralty to return HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), and HMAS YARRA, (sloop), to Australian waters. The minesweeper HMS LADY SHIRLEY, (LCDR Callaway, RANVR), was sunk by ...

Australian Naval History on 19 November 1941

On This Day · Nov 19, 1941 ·

HMA Ships HOBART NAPIER and NIZAM, (destroyers), supported the Battle Fleet in the bombardment of key German and Italian defences in the Halfaya Pass, Libya. The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT ...

Australian Naval History on 20 October 1941

On This Day · Oct 20, 1941 ·

HMAS VENDETTA departed Alexandria for Singapore and passed through the Suez Canal on the 21st. HMAS HOBART and HM Ships AJAX and GALATEA bombarded enemy batteries east of Tobruk. ...

Australian Naval History on 18 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 18, 1941 ·

HMAS HOBART relieved HMAS PERTH, in the Mediterranean and HMAS PERTH departed Alexandria to return to Australia. VADM Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG, was appointed First Naval Member and Chief ...

Australian Naval History on 16 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 16, 1941 ·

HMAS HOBART joined the 7th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean. HMAS WESTRALIA and several merchant ships evacuated refugees from Ocean Island. The crew of WESTRALIA also set a number demolition ...

Australian Naval History on 14 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 14, 1941 ·

German bombers made a determined effort to close the Suez canal when they attacked Port Tewfik, at the southern end of the Suez Canal. The 28,000 ton merchant vessel Georgic, ...

Australian Naval History on 12 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 12, 1941 ·

HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), reached Suez, on her way to replace HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), in the Mediterranean. The loss of HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), on 30 June, raised in the Admiralty the ...

Australian Naval History on 14 April 1941

On This Day · Apr 14, 1941 ·

HMAS SYDNEY embarked Australian delegates for the ABDA conference and departed for Singapore, arriving on the 19/4/41. HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), rescued 430 patients and medical staff from the hospital ship ...

Australian Naval History on 6 April 1941

On This Day · Apr 6, 1941 ·

The Seagull amphibian from HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), crashed and sank when taking off in Cook Strait. HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), was in company with AUSTRALIA, and landed its Seagull aircraft on ...

Australian Naval History on 1 April 1941

On This Day · Apr 1, 1941 ·

Three sailors from HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), who were captured after volunteering to man a shore-based gun in August 1940, were released from prisoner-of-war camp in Eritria, East Africa. They were ...

Australian Naval History on 4 February 1941

David Stratton · Feb 4, 1941 ·

Australian troop convoy US.9 departed Sydney with troopships AQUITANIA (44,786grt), MAURETANIA (35,739grt), NIEUW AMSTERDAM (36,287grt), QUEEN MARY (81,235grt) escorted by HMAS Hobart until 6/2/41 ...

Australian Naval History on 12 December 1940

David Stratton · Dec 12, 1940 ·

HMAS PERTH arrived at Aden for escort duty in the Red Sea until 22 December and HMS HOBART departed Aden for Fremantle where she arrived on the 28th. ...

Australian Naval History on 5 September 1940

On This Day · Sep 5, 1940 ·

HMAS HOBART, escorting convoy BS.3 at 15‑25N, 41‑46E, was unsuccessfully attacked eight times by Italian bombers. The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS SAMUEL BENBOW, was commissioned. SAMUEL BENBOW was laid down in ...

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