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 ...
HMAS Norman I
Australian Naval History on 20 March 1942
HMAS MAROUBRA was commissioned as an auxiliary minesweeper. The vessel was sunk by enemy action in 1943. HMAS NORMAN, (destroyer), located a torpedoed allied tanker in the Indian Ocean, and ...
Australian Naval History on 27 October 1941
The destroyer HMAS NORMAN, (CMDR Henry Burrell, RAN), embarked a British Trade Union delegation at Archangel, Russia, for passage to England. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 October 1941
N. J. O. Makin became Minister for the Navy, succeeding W. M. Hughes. HMAS CAIRNS, (minesweeper), was launched at Walker’s, QLD. The ship was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy ...
Australian Naval History on 15 September 1941
The N class destroyer HMAS NORMAN, (CMDR H. M. Burrell, RAN), was commissioned. NORMAN was laid down in John I Thorneycroft & Co, Southampton, England, on 27 July 1939, and ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1940
HMAS NORMAN, (destroyer), was launched at Thornycroft’s Yard, UK. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1940
CMDR H. J. Buchanan, RAN, was awarded the DSO for conspicuous gallantry while commanding HMS VANITY, (destroyer), during the evacuation of Dunkirk. CMDR Buchanan later commanded HMA Ships NORMAN and ...