USS Houston along with HMAS Perth were later sunk in a night action on 28 February - 1 March 1942, in what became known as the Battle of Sunda Strait. Come and see why. No damage or casualties were sustained. Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future. un contenu abusif (raciste, pornographique, diffamatoire) Warrnambool was present in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. He survived this event and subsequent raids on Darwin and was discharged on 2 January 1946.
HMAS Warrnambool (J202) Zur Navigation springen Zur Suche springen. Looking from the Australian Bathurst Class Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool (J202), towards the American Northampton class heavy cruiser, USS Houston (CA30) (right), with the Destroyer USS Peary (DD226) along side. En poursuivant votre navigation sur ce site, vous acceptez l'utilisation de ces cookies. Houston's fate remained a mystery to the world for almost nine months, and the full story of her last fight was not fully told until after the war when her survivors were liberated from prisoner of war camps. In late 1942, the corvette moved to the east coast of Australia, where she remained until September 1944, performing convoy escort and anti-submarine patrols.Ajouter de nouveaux contenus Add à votre site depuis Sensagent par XML.Obtenir des informations en XML pour filtrer le meilleur contenu.Fixer la signification de chaque méta-donnée (multilingue). The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of countrywaters. Warrnambool (I) HMAS (J202) Military Unit Item Type Metadata. Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials, is a new initiative designed to record the locations and photographs of every publicly accessible memorial across Australia. The 650 tons Bathurst Class AMS Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool was launched on 8 May 1941. She joined the 20th Minesweeping Flotilla after her sea trials for 3 months of patrols and anti-submarine duties in Bass Strait before moving to the northern parts of Australia. USS Houston departed Darwin on 15 February 1942 with a small convoy to reinforce the garrison on Timor and was not present when Japanese aircraft raided Darwin four days later. HMAS WARRNAMBOOL J202 MINESWEEPER IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS DURING WW2. One of a series of photographs relating to the service of 5345 Norman Gaff. La plupart des définitions du français sont proposées par SenseGates et comportent un approfondissement avec Littré et plusieurs auteurs techniques spécialisés. Unit History. HMAS Warrnambool: Dienstzeit Bauwerft: Mort’s Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney: Kiellegung: 13. B This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. We pay our respects to elders past and present.Use this login for Shop items, and image, film, sound reproductionsLooking from the Australian Bathurst Class Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool (J202), towards the ...Looking from the Australian Bathurst Class Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool (J202), towards the ...throughout Australia. Of the 1,061 original crew, 368 survived from Houston. Looking from the Australian Bathurst Class Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool (J202), towards the American Northampton class heavy cruiser, USS Houston (CA30) (right), with the Destroyer USS Peary (DD226) along side. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ships, a project to improve all Ship-related articles.If you would like to help improve this and other articles, please join the project, or contribute to the project discussion.All interested editors are welcome. September 1941 Schicksal: 13.