HMAS WATSON, Sydney, was commissioned as the RAN’s radar establishment. A radar school was established at the depot in 1942. ...
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Australian Naval History on 10 March 1945
HMA ML 825 shot down a Japanese fighter off Cape Orford, New Guinea. HMAS LACHLAN, (frigate), surveyed the approaches to Mindanao, Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1945
HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), and the motor survey launches ALERT and BLOWFLY, surveyed Santa Cruz beaches in the Philippines under intense fire from shore guns. ALERT, (SBLT D.L. Cole, RANR) was ...
Australian Naval History on 8 March 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS EDUARDO, was commissioned. EDUARDO was lent to SRD by the RN in March 1945. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1945
The destroyer HMAS NAPIER, (CAPT H. J. Buchanan, RAN), lost two seamen overboard when the destroyer rolled heavily and shipped a large sea off King Island, Bass Strait. The ship’s ...
Australian Naval History on 3 March 1945
HMAS MACQUARIE, (River class frigate), was launched at Mort’s Dock, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 March 1945
HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, (aircraft carrier), became the first ship to enter the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney. ILLUSTRIOUS was heavily damaged in operations off Okinawa. HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1945
The air/sea rescue vessel, (search and rescue craft), HMAS AIR SENSE, (SBLT J. R. Young, RANVR), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1945
The air/sea rescue vessels, (search and rescue craft), HMA Ships AIR MERCY, (SBLT E.J. Johnson, RANVR), and AIR SPEED, (SBLT J.C. Williams, RANVR), were commissioned. HMS MAJESTIC, (aircraft carrier), later ...
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1945
HMAS SWAN engaged enemy troop concentrations in the Wewak-Aitape area of New Guinea with gunfire. HMAS Adelaide (I) paid off in Sydney. ...