One of the most significant rescue operations of Australian military forces occurred after the Japanese had overrun Dutch colonial western Timor in 1942. At this time Timor, seen as a ...
HMAS Maryborough
HMAS Maryborough – Indian Ocean May 1942
Australian Naval History on 8 December 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS MARYBOROUGH was commissioned ar Brisbane, Queensland. ...
HMAS Maryborough & Charles Moses-Escape from Java 1942
Book Review: History of HMAS Maryborough
The History of H. M.A.S. Maryborough by Barney Ogle M.A., ex RANR, Murray & Ogle Pty Ltd, 1993. 240pp. Barney Ogle’s book on the history of the Australian-built Corvette, HMAS MARYBOROUGH ...
Corvette Maryborough 1941-1946
HMAS MARYBOROUGH was built by Walker’s Ltd at Maryborough, Queensland and commissioned by Lieutenant Commander G. L. Cant, RAN on 15th June, 1941. Known as the Bathurst class of mine-sweepers, ...
HMAS Bendigo 1941 – 42
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1957
HMAS MARYBOROUGH, (minesweeper), was sold. She was purchased by a private shipping company and renamed ISOBEL QUEEN. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1947
HMAS Maryborough was sold to the Australian General Trading and Shipping Syndicate, who renamed her Isobel Queen. She had paid off from the RAN in December 1945. For years she ...
Australian Naval History on 16 November 1945
The 21st Minesweeping Flotilla consisting of HMA ships Ballarat, Bathurst, Burnie, Maryborough, Cairns, Fremantle, Bendigo, Toowoomba and Goulburn left Hong Kong after sweeping in Chinese waters and proceeded to Australia. ...