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HMAS Nizam

Australian Naval History on 10 October 1942

On This Day · Oct 10, 1942 ·

The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS PIRIE, (LCDR C. F. Mills, RAN), was commissioned. PIRIE was laid down in Broken Hill Pty Co’s Yard, Whyalla, SA, on 19 May 1941, ...

Australian Naval History on 9 October 1942

On This Day · Oct 9, 1942 ·

HMAS NIZAM and HMS FOXHOUND, (destroyers), picked up survivors from the Dutch ship GAASTERKERK, torpedoed off Cape Town by German submarines. ...

Australian Naval History on 8 October 1942

On This Day · Oct 8, 1942 ·

Coastwatcher LEUT R. Woodroffe, RANR, was believed executed by the Japanese on Amir Island. HMAS NIZAM and HMS FOXHOUND, (destroyers), picked up survivors from the Greek ship KOUMOUNDOUROS, torpedoed off ...

Australian Naval History on 30 September 1942

On This Day · Sep 30, 1942 ·

A Board of Inquiry into the loss of HMAS CANBERRA delivered its report to the Australian Government. It found CANBERRA was not in a state of readiness when attacked by ...

Australian Naval History on 29 September 1942

On This Day · Sep 29, 1942 ·

HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), and aircraft, participating in Operation Stream-Line-Jane, intercepted the Vichy French ship AMIRAL PIERRE, off Lourenco Marques The vessel was scuttled on 30 September. ...

Australian Naval History on 24 September 1942

On This Day · Sep 24, 1942 ·

HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), captured the French Vichy vessel MARECHAL GALLIENI in the Mozambique Channel. LEUT V. Cohen, RANVR, sailed the ship as a prize to Durban. ...

Australian Naval History on 20 September 1942

David Stratton · Sep 20, 1942 ·

HMAS Nizam and HMS Hotspur chased Vichy ship, the Antral Pierre, but this vessel opened her sea cocks and could not be salvaged. ...

Australian Naval History on 10 September 1942

On This Day · Sep 10, 1942 ·

Engaged in Operation Stream-Line-Jane, HMAS NAPIER, (destroyer), entered the Vichy-French port of Morandava, in Madagascar, and landed 50 commandos. The landing was made in a violent thunderstorm, which enabled the ...

Australian Naval History on 9 September 1942

On This Day · Sep 9, 1942 ·

The 7th Destroyer Flotilla, HMA Ships NAPIER, NIZAM, NORMAN, and NEPAL, joined the assault forces for the invasion of Madagascar. The former RAN seaplane carrier, ALBATROSS, was in the naval ...

Australian Naval History on 1 August 1942

On This Day · Aug 1, 1942 ·

HMA Ships NAPIER, NIZAM and NORMAN, (destroyers), were with the British Eastern Fleet which was sent to the Andaman Islands, hoping to divert the attention of the Japanese from the ...

Australian Naval History on 14 June 1942

On This Day · Jun 14, 1942 ·

HMA Ships NAPIER, NIZAM, NESTOR, and NORMAN, (destroyers), were subjected to ceaseless air attacks whilst escorting an eleven-ship eastern Mediterranean convoy, and were forced to turn back to Alexandria, well ...

Australian Naval History on 21 May 1942

On This Day · May 21, 1942 ·

HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), was quarantined at Kilindini with an epidemic of influenza aboard. ...

Australian Naval History on 2 April 1942

On This Day · Apr 2, 1942 ·

ADML Sir James Somerville ordered his battleships HMS RAMILLES, REVENGE, RESOLUTION, and ROYAL SOVEREIGN, to withdraw to Addu Atoll to avoid a clash with ADML Naguma’s superior modern fleet. The ...

Australian Naval History on 31 January 1942

On This Day · Jan 31, 1942 ·

The British Far Eastern Fleet, which included HMA Ships NAPIER, NIZAM and NESTOR, (destroyers), passed within 90 miles of a superior Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean. ...

Australian Naval History on 28 January 1942

On This Day · Jan 28, 1942 ·

HMA Ships NIZAM, NAPIER, and NESTOR, (destroyers), escorted HMS INDOMITABLE, (aircraft carrier), which was carrying 48 pilots and their Hurricane fighter aircraft, bound for Malaya. The aircraft were flown off ...

Australian Naval History on 25 January 1942

On This Day · Jan 25, 1942 ·

HMA Ships CANBERRA, (cruiser), and VAMPIRE, (destroyer), arrived in Singapore, having escorted the liner AQUITANIA, which was carrying troops from Australia. HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), on an early morning anti-submarine sweep ...

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 31 December 1941

On This Day · Dec 31, 1941 ·

HMA Ships NAPIER, NIZAM, and NESTOR, (destroyers), joined HM Ships AJAX, KINGSTON, ARROW, and GURKHA in the bombardment of German defence posts on the outskirts of Bardia. ...

Australian Naval History on 19 December 1941

On This Day · Dec 19, 1941 ·

HMS NEPTUNE sank after striking a mine off the coast of Tripoli. Only one rating of the crew of 717 survived. Among those lost were the two RAN members of ...

Australian Naval History on 17 December 1941

On This Day · Dec 17, 1941 ·

HMA Ships SWAN, (sloop), and BANTAM, (transport), landed troop reinforcements on Ambon Island. HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), was straddled twice by 15 inch shells from Italian battleships during the Battle of ...

Australian Naval History on 8 December 1941

On This Day · Dec 8, 1941 ·

HMA Ships VAMPIRE and VENDETTA, (destroyers), and BURNIE, GOULBURN, BENDIGO, and MARYBOROUGH, (corvettes), were at Singapore when Japan mounted her first air raid at 0300. MANOORA was also at Singapore, ...

Australian Naval History on 25 November 1941

On This Day · Nov 25, 1941 ·

HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), and HM Ships JERVIS, JACKAL, and HOTSPUR, (destroyers), picked up 450 survivors from HMS BARHAM, (battleship), sunk by the German submarine U331 south of Crete. ...

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 3 November 1941

On This Day · Nov 3, 1941 ·

LEUT Ashley-Brown, while commanding a boat from HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), found the abandoned French sealing vessel L’ESPERANCE, grounded on Cat Island in the Kerguelen Group. The ship had been abandoned ...

Australian Naval History on 18 September 1941

On This Day · Sep 18, 1941 ·

HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), struck a submerged wreck in Tobruk Harbour, and tore away 6 metres of her forecastle deck. The collision did not impair NIZAM’s seaworthiness, and she returned to ...

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