The Patrol Vessel Vigilant was a prototype built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard. She was a handsome vessel and the first ship in Australia built with an aluminium hull and superstructure; ...
HMAS Vigilant
The Loss of HMAS Armidale
Australian Naval History on 25 July 1942
HMAS WAGGA, (minesweeper), was launched at Mort’s Dock, Sydney. HMAS VIGILANT, (auxiliary patrol vessel), commanded by SBLT H. A. Bennett, RANR, sailed from Darwin on her first voyage to occupied ...
Australian Naval History on 12 November 1940
The auxiliary patrol vessel HMAS VIGILANT, was commissioned. VIGILANT was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, and launched on 12 February 1938. She was renamed SLEUTH in April 1944, ...