In our last issue we featured the first year in the career of HMAS Bendigo. The corvette’s multifarious duties earned the title of ‘Maid of all Tasks’. Between June and ...
HMAS Townsville I
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1946
HMAS TOWNSVILLE, (minesweeper), was sold out of service for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 November 1944
HMA Ships KALGOORLIE and TOWNSVILLE, (minesweepers), completed a three months’ search for mines in the Great Barrier Reef, during which time 491 mines were swept. The mines were laid by ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1944
HMA Ships KALGOORLIE and TOWNSVILLE, (minesweepers), swept the passages in the Great Barrier Reef for enemy mines. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1943
HMA Ships TOWNSVILLE and MILDURA, (corvettes), were escorting a convoy when the Japanese submarine I-21, (CAPT Matsumura), torpedoed the Australian merchant ship IRON KNIGHT, off Montague Island, NSW. Some survivors ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1942
HMAS TOWNSVILLE, (minesweeper), was launched at Evans Deakin, Brisbane. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 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 ...