HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), was heavily damaged in a bombing attack by German aircraft, east of Tobruk. HMS DEFENDER, in going along side to pass a tow to WATERHEN, narrowly averted ...
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Australian Naval History on 29 June 1941
HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), sailed on her 13th and last voyage to Tobruk. WATERHEN was sunk off Salum. ‘Chook’, as she was called by her crew, was attacked by dive bombers, ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1941
HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), in company with HM ships, bombarded Damur, Syria. PERTH destroyed an enemy gun battery and a wireless station. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1941
HMAS ROCKHAMPTON, (minesweeper), was launched at Walker’s Yard, Brisbane. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 June 1941
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (sloop), picked up 164 survivors from HMS AUCKLAND, sunk by German dive bombers off Tobruk. They were escorting the small petrol carrier PASS OF BAHAMA to Tobruk. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1941
HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), and HM Ships NAIAD, LEANDER, JAGUAR, and KINGSTON, engaged the French destroyers GUEPARD and VALMY, in a running battle 10 miles north of Beirut, Syria, (now Lebanon). ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1941
The examination vessel HMAS SOUTHERN CROSS, was commissioned. SOUTHERN CROSS was laid down in 1933. She was requisitioned for the RAN from her owners the Melanesian Mission on 29 March ...
Australian Naval History on 14 June 1941
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS LITHGOW, (CMDR A. V. Knight, RANR), was commissioned. LITHGOW was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Balmain, Sydney, on 19 August 1940, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 12 June 1941
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS MARYBOROUGH, (LCDR G. L. Cant, RAN), was commissioned. MARYBOROUGH was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, on 16 April 1940, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 11 June 1941
The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS NARANI, was commissioned. NARANI was laid down in E Wright Yard, Tuncurry, NSW, in 1914. She was requisitioned for the RAN from her owners, The Illawarra ...