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This is a list of Allied ships sunk by Axis warships operating in Australian waters during the Second World War. Fifty four Axis surface raiders and submarines (both German and Japanese) carried out these attacks, sinking 53 merchant ships and three warships within the Australia Station , resulting in the deaths of over 1,751 Allied military ...
There was considerable Axis naval activity in Australian waters during the Second World War, despite Australia being remote from the main battlefronts. German and Japanese warships and submarines entered Australian waters between 1940 and 1945 and attacked ships, ports and other targets.
Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers, including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940, [1] and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1941. [2]
Down under and backwards in time. The HMAS Sydney and the Nazi Vessel Kormoran. World War II combatants, now remnants of military and human history. Enemy cruisers engaged in battle with one ...
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
Jakarta to Fremantle, Western Australia: SR Kolkata to Yangon: 1941 1942 SU Suez Canal to Australia 1940 1941 SW Suez Canal to Kilindini Harbour or Durban: 1940 1941 US Australia to Suez Canal: WO India to Australia troopships WS British Isles to Suez Canal and Mumbai: troopships; WS convoys on at least one occasion [WS30, 1943] routed via ...
Australia is closely monitoring a Chinese navy task group in the country's exclusive economic zone off its east coast but the ships did not pose any threats as they had not breached any maritime ...
Darwin, Australia 19 February 1942 damaged [31] 3 HMAS Lismore: Whaleboat capsizes while transporting crew World War II: Jervis Bay, Australia: 10 February 1941 undamaged [32] 3 HMAS Wallaroo: Accidental collision with US Liberty Ship Henry Gilbert Costin: World War II: off Fremantle, Western Australia: 11 June 1943 lost [33] 2 HMAS Arrow