RADM G. C. Muirhead-Gould, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Sydney, presided over the Board of Inquiry into the loss of HMAS CANBERRA, (cruiser). Muirhead-Gould also served on the Boards which inquired into the ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 30 August 1942
HMA Ships ARUNTA, MATEFELE, and POTRERO towed the torpedoed transport MALAITA to shallow water in Basilisk Passage. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 August 1942
HMAS ARUNTA, (destroyer), sank the Japanese submarine RO33, off Port Moresby. CMDR J. C. Morrow, RAN, was awarded the DSC for the operation. He received the DSO, and was MID ...
Australian Naval History on 28 August 1942
The auxiliary boom defence vessel HMAS KINCHELA, was commissioned. KINCHELA was laid down in 1914. She was requisitioned for the RAN, from her owners, The Macleay River Co-op SS Co ...
Australian Naval History on 25 August 1942
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and HOBART, (cruisers), were engaged in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. HMAS ARUNTA, (destroyer), was ordered out of Milne Bay prior to a Japanese attack. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 August 1942
The Australian Naval Board convened a Board of Inquiry to investigate the loss of HMAS CANBERRA at Savo Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1942
HMAS FREMANTLE, (minesweeper), was launched at Evans Deakin, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 August 1942
HMAS SHEPPARTON, (minesweeper), was launched at Williamstown Dockyard, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1942
The examination vessel HMAS FAURO CHIEF, (LEUT Perry), was commissioned. The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS GAWLER, (LCDR W. J. Seymour, RAN), was commissioned. GAWLER was laid down in Broken ...
Australian Naval History on 9 August 1942
Engaged in the Battle of Savo Island, the cruiser HMAS CANBERRA, (CAPT F. E. Getting, RAN), was mortally damaged in a surprise night sortie by ADML Mikawa’s Cruiser Squadron. CANBERRA ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS TAMWORTH, (LEUT W.H. Deans, RANR), was commissioned. TAMWORTH was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, on 25 August 1941, and launched on 14 ...
Australian Naval History on 7 August 1942
The cruisers, HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, (CAPT H.B. Farncomb, RAN), CANBERRA, (CAPT F.E. Getting, RAN), and HOBART, (CAPT H.A. Showers, RAN), were engaged in Operation Watchtower, the Allied assault on Guadalcanal. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1942
Australian Fleet Auxiliary Bishopdale while sailing for Brisbane from Noumea struck a mine in an Allied mine field which had been laid by HMAS BUNGAREE, there was no fire or ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 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 31 July 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS DUBBO, was commissioned. DUBBO was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, on 13 October 1941, and launched on 7 March 1942. ADML V.C. Crutchley ...
Australian Naval History on 29 July 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS BROOME, (LCDR R. A. Denovan, RANVR), was commissioned. BROOME was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, on 31 May 1941, and launched on ...
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 24 July 1942
Approval to form a Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service of 580 personnel (280 telegraphists plus 300 other duties) was granted ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1942
HMAS LAURABADA, (auxiliary patrol vessel), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 July 1942
HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), was completed at J. Samuel White’s, UK. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 July 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS WALLAROO, (LEUT E. S. Ross, RANR), was commissioned. WALLAROO was laid down in Poole & Steel Ltd., Sydney, on 24 April 1941, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 14 July 1942
HMAS PENGUIN, (shore establishment in Sydney), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 July 1942
HMAS PENGUIN, was commissioned as a naval depot at Balmoral, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 1942
HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), escorted the transport TASMAN, with the advance guard of Milne Force embarked, into Milne Bay. The Japanese were to suffer their first defeat in this area. HMAS ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1942
HMAS QUIBERON was commissioned at Cowes, Isle of Wight. The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS MERCEDES, was commissioned. MERCEDES, (as HMS MEDUSA), was laid down in Taikoo Dockyard, Singapore, in 1913. The ...