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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.
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 ...
HMAS Collins, lead ship of her class Australia operates a single class of diesel-electric submarines, the six Collins-class boats which began entering service in 1993. The Collins was designed by the Swedish submarine builder Kockums as the Type 471 specifically to meet Australian requirements, many of which were derived from Australia's need for great range without utilizing a nuclear ...
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 ...
Vietnam War naval ships of Australia (1 C, 3 P) Gulf War ships of Australia (2 P) * Ships of the Australian Army (3 C, 3 P)
Survey ship Leeuwin: 2000 HMAS Maitland: ACPB 88 Patrol boat Armidale: 2006 HMAS Maryborough: ACPB 95 Patrol boat Armidale: 2007 HMAS Melville: A 246 Survey ship Leeuwin: 2000 HMAS Parramatta: FFH 154 Frigate Anzac: 2003 HMAS Perth: FFH 157 Frigate Anzac: 2006 HMAS Rankin: SSG 78 Submarine Collins: 2003 HMAS Sheean: SSG 77 Submarine Collins ...
1901 – World War I ships of Australia (17 P) Interwar period ships of Australia (17 P) B. Ships built in Australia (7 C, 10 P) C. Convict ships to Australia (9 C, 1 ...
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 ...