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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 ...
In the resulting battle, Kormoran and Sydney were both crippled, with Sydney sinking with the loss of all her 645 crew and 78 of Kormoran ' s crew being either killed in the battle or dying before they could be rescued by passing ships. [30] Kormoran was the only Axis ship to conduct attacks in Australian waters during 1941 and the last Axis ...
A full-rigged ship that ran aground off King Island. Neva United Kingdom: 13 May 1835 A convict ship that sank off King Island, with about 225 lives lost. Phatisalam United Kingdom: 9 July 1821 A ship that ran aground on Hunter Island. Sydney Cove Great Britain: 9 February 1797 Sank at Preservation Island with no loss of life.
Attacks on continental Australia during World War II were relatively rare due to Australia's geographic position. However, Axis surface raiders and submarines periodically attacked shipping in the Australian coastal waters from late 1940 to early 1945. Japanese aircraft bombed towns and airfields in Northern Australia on 97 occasions during ...
It was sunk by the American submarine USS Sturgeon on 1 July 1942, drowning 1,054 people, mostly Australian prisoners of war and civilians who were being transported from Rabaul, the former Australian territory of New Guinea, to Hainan. [2] The sinking is considered the worst maritime disaster in Australia's history.
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 ...
Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur [a] was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 14 May 1943. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilian crew aboard, 268 died, including 63 of the 65 army personnel.
The head of Australia‘s national intelligence agency said it was troubling to see an “emerging axis” of countries supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine emerge as allies of the Kremlin mounted ...