He must have been a lot like me; same age, similar family conditions, same era and enjoying his life. My introduction to him quite recently was via his younger sister ...
HMAS Shropshire
Book Review: HMAS Shropshire
HMAS Shropshire by Stan Nicholls Published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia Published December 1989. 315 pp. Photos. Profile views. Press cuttings. Maps. Index. Limited edition. Hard cover. To ...
HMAS Shropshire War Record
A very brief resume of HMAS Shropshire’s war record during its 18½ months in the South West Pacific and firing its last salvo on July 9, 1945. Operations and Battles – ...
Book Review: Silencing debate on Shropshire
Mr Stan Nicholls wants to silence debate on what did and did not happen to HMAS Shropshire during World War II. So he has written a 330-page hard-cover book on ...
Cedric Ashton
History of Service – HMAS Shropshire
This was a pictorial article published in September 1983. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
Tokyo Bay – 1945
With the surrender signed and whilst waiting for the first run ashore, a half dozen or so sailors from the Australian cruiser Shropshire (including myself) were granted permission to take out ...
HMAS Canberra and HMAS Shropshire Honoured
On the 4th April, 1989,a delightful ceremony took place in the precincts of the Naval Museum on Garden Island, Sydney, in the presentation of much treasured naval memorabilia. Firstly, a beautiful coloured ...
Leyte: HMAS Shropshire and HMAS Arunta in the Battle of Surigao Strait
HMAS Manoora-Pushing towards the Philippines
Occasional Paper 170: The Eight Inch Gun Relining Programme
June 1982 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved) When the Second World War broke out the RAN possessed two 10,000 ton County class cruisers armed with BL ...
HMAS Shropshire
THIS IS THE STORY of a well known ship, seen through the eyes of a retired captain who commissioned the ship as a cadet in 1929. In 1927 the Admiralty ...
Leyte Gulf – Biggest Sea Fight in History
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1954
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), departed from Sydney under tow for the ship-breakers in Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 November 1949
HMAS Shropshire paid off into Special Reserve after a number of periods in different Reserve categories.After several years lying in Sydney Harbour, Shropshire was sold as scrap on 16 July ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1945
The formal surrender of Japan was signed on the USS MISSOURI, (battleship), in Tokyo Bay. The RAN was represented by CDRE J. A. Collins, CB, and HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1945
CDRE H. B. Farncomb, complained of the few targets available for his flagship, HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser). ‘The few targets allocated to HMAS SHROPSHIRE, the long delays and poor co-ordination experienced, ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1945
HMA Ships ARUNTA, HOBART, SHROPSHIRE, KANIMBLA, MANOORA, and WESTRALIA, participated in the assault on Balikpapan, Borneo. HMAS MINDARI, (gunnery instruction centre), was commissioned at Woolloomooloo, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 June 1945
HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE and HOBART, (cruisers), bombarded Japanese positions at Klandasan in preparation for the landing at Balikpapan. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1945
TG74.1, HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, and ARUNTA, and US Ships HART and METCALF, concentrated at Tawitawi for the assault on Balikpapan. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1945
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), bombarded Japanese positions on Labuan Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1945
Dentists were first attached to destroyer flotillas in the RAN. HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, ARUNTA, LACHLAN, HAWKESBURY, BARCOO, WESTRALIA, MANOORA, and KANIMBLA, engaged in the invasion of Brunei. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1945
On May 14, 1945 , while towing the 30-ton ketch STINGRAY from Coconut Island to Thursday Island , HMAS WATCHER , commanded by Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank Francis G. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 February 1945
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), with HMA Ships ARUNTA and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), shelled enemy positions on Corregidor Beach in the Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1945
The Battle of Lingayen Gulf, 5 to 9 January. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SHROPSHIRE, ARUNTA, WARRAMUNGA, GASCOYNE and WARREGO were engaged. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and ARUNTA were hit by Japanese kamikaze ...