The air/sea rescue vessel, (search and rescue craft), HMAS AIR SENSE, (SBLT J. R. Young, RANVR), was commissioned. ...
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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. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 February 1945
The service reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS GRASS SNAKE, (SBLT Bromley), was commissioned. Egypt became the last nation to declare war on the Axis Powers. Turkey, Iceland, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1945
HMAS NAPIER, serving with the 7th Destroyer Flotilla, bombarded Japanese positions on the Burma coast in support of Allied land advances. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 February 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS RIVER SNAKE, (LEUT J. P. Gowling, RAN), was commissioned at Fremantle. HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), completed a survey of Lingayen Gulf in preparation for ...
Australian Naval History on 16 February 1945
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), with HMA Ships ARUNTA and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), shelled enemy positions on Corregidor Beach in the Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 February 1945
The River class frigate HMAS LACHLAN was commissioned. LACHLAN was laid down at Mort’s Dock, Sydney, and launched on 25 March 1944. LACHLAN, carrying the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1945
The air/sea rescue vessels, (search and rescue craft), HMA Ships AIR HOPE, (LEUT R. W. Dunn, RANVR), and AIR SPRAY, (SBLT W. A. Booth, RANVR), were commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 February 1945
HMAS Nizam, twelve miles off Cape Leeuwin Light and while altering course, the ship struck a freak wave and rolled very heavily, 75 to 80 degrees, to port and 10 ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1945
Carrier-borne aircraft from the British Pacific Fleet landed at Nowra, NSW. The air station was in use by the RAAF from 7 May 1942 until it was transferred to the ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1945
The air/sea rescue vessels, (search and rescue craft), HMA Ships AIR FAITH, (LEUT R.R. Lewis, RANVR), and AIR TRIAL, (SBLT V.G. Maddison, RANVR), were commissioned. These vessels were built (along ...
Australian Naval History on 5 February 1945
HMAS NEPAL struck an uncharted obstruction in the Kaliendaung River in Burma, damaging her starboard propeller. The destroyer was withdrawn to Colombo for repairs. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 January 1945
HMAS WARREGO (sloop), and her US tender, YMS 316, carried out inshore surveys and buoyed wrecks off Bataan Peninsula while US troops fought their way off the landing beaches. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 January 1945
HMAS WARREGO and US motor minesweeper YMS 316 marked inshore shoals for the US landings at Subic Bay, Philippines. The vessels continued this activity until 19 February, often landing armed ...
Australian Naval History on 26 January 1945
HMAS NORMAN, (destroyer), supported RN units in Operation Sankey, the assault on Cheduba Island, Burma. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1945
HMA Ships NAPIER and NORMAN supported RN units involved in Operation Matador, which was the assault on Rameree Island, Burma. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 January 1945
HMAS NAPIER, (destroyer), and the Royal Indian Navy ships JUMNA and NARBADA, supported by HDML1248 and ML854, launched the assault on Myebon, Burma, (operation Pungent). ...
Australian Naval History on 9 January 1945
HMAS AUSTRALIA suffered her fifth kamikaze attack. The Japanese aircraft struck the cruiser on the top of her third funnel. CMDR G.H. Gill, RANVR, reported: “Australia was the recipient of ...
Australian Naval History on 8 January 1945
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), was hit twice by kamikaze bombers in 15 minutes. The first aircraft skidded into the ship’s port side and the second exploded alongside, blowing a hole 4.3m ...
Australian Naval History on 6 January 1945
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), was hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane for the third time. The ship’s casualties were 14 killed and 26 wounded. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1945
The Battle of Lingayen Gulf, 5 to 9 January. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SHROPSHIRE, ARUNTA, WARRAMUNGA, GASCOYNE and WARREGO were engaged. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and ARUNTA were hit by Japanese kamikaze ...
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1945
LCDR J. M. Ramsay, RAN, of HMAS NAPIER, (destroyer), embarked in ML 829 for a reconnaissance of Akyab, Burma. He was the first Allied officer to enter the port since ...
Australian Naval History on 2 January 1945
Japanese bombers attacked the 85-ship Minesweeping and Hydrographic Group in Surigao Gulf. HMA Ships WARREGO, (sloop), and GASCOYNE, (frigate), were on the escort screen which shot down one of the ...
Australian Naval History on 30 December 1944
Three officers and 22 ratings of the RAN lost their lives in the Indian Ocean during the year, as a result of enemy submarine attacks on Allied shipping. The services ...