HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), participated in Operation Torch, the Allied landing in North Africa. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 6 November 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS LATROBE, was commissioned. LATROBE was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, on 27 January 1942, and launched on 19 June 1942. The Reverend A. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 November 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS GYMPIE, (LCDR C. W. J. Patterson, RANR), was commissioned. GYMPIE was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, on 27 August 1941, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1942
HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), was part of Force ‘Q’ which destroyed an Italian supply convoy. HMAS QUICKMATCH, (destroyer), was involved in the destruction of the Italian ship CORTELLAZZO off Capr Finisterre. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1942
The sloop HMAS WARREGO, (LCDR A. D. C. Inglis, RAN), surveyed the passage from Milne Bay to Cape Nelson, New Guinea, for the amphibious assault on Buna by Australian and ...
Australian Naval History on 22 October 1942
ining. The surveying vessel HMAS STELLA, (LEUT J. J. Cody, RAN), was commissioned. STELLA, (as WAREEN), was laid down in Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, in 1938. She was requisitioned for the ...
Australian Naval History on 21 October 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS KAPUNDA, was commissioned. KAPUNDA was laid down in Poole & Steel Ltd, Sydney, on 27 August 1941, and launched on 23 June 1943. The ...
Australian Naval History on 20 October 1942
HMAS NIZAM and HMS FOXHOUND, (destroyers), were fired at by the STEPHEN A DOUGLAS, (ammunition carrier). NIZAM and FOXHOUND were rendezvousing with the ammunition carrier to escort her into Cape ...
Australian Naval History on 13 October 1942
HMAS LAUNCESTON, (minesweeper), rescued 61 of the crew of the merchant vessel MARTABAN, which was torpedoed south of Ceylon. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS PIRIE, (LCDR C. F. Mills, RAN), was commissioned. PIRIE was laid down in Broken Hill Pty Co’s Yard, Whyalla, SA, on 19 May 1941, ...