The hulk of the former boom defence vessel HMAS Kuramia was towed by the corvette HMAS Wagga to a position 20 miles off Sydney Heads to be sunk by aircraft ...
HMAS Kuramia
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1942
From the outbreak of WWII, to 30 June 1942, Australian naval dockyards fitted 288 merchant ships with defensive armament, 275 with para-vane mine protection gear, and degaussed 296 vessels. In ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1942
HMAS PLATYPUS, (depot ship), made the following signal to all RAN units in northern waters:- “Intention is to hold Darwin”. The signal was repeated during all subsequent Japanese air attacks ...
