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Japanese submarines and U-862 sank 30 ships in the area covered by the Australia Station during World War II. These ships had a combined tonnage of 150,984 gross register tons (427,540 m 3). [98] Nine other ships were damaged by Japanese submarines. [103] German surface raiders sank seven ships in Australian waters and captured another.
The only ship sunk during the war by a German U-boat in the Pacific Ocean. [10] Attack on ship, sinking and rescue of crew described in the Australian Official Histories of the Second World War. [11] (Liberty ship) 6/2/45 U 862: SS Peter Silvester: 7176 820 nm SW of Fremantle In the Indian Ocean, 32 of crew lost [12] (Liberty ship)
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 ...
A growing number of people, among them Captain William Rooke Creswell, the director of the Commonwealth Naval Forces, demanded an autonomous Australian navy, financed and controlled by Australia. In 1907 Prime Minister Alfred Deakin and Creswell, while attending the Imperial Conference in London, sought the British Government's agreement to end ...
The flotilla has been commemorated in a 2010 march, Scrap Iron Flotilla, composed by Leading Seaman Martyn Hancock of the Royal Australian Navy Band.It is available via the Royal Australian Navy's RAN Media YouTube channel, along with notes on the composition, in a posting entitled Scrap Iron Flotilla Theme from 29 March 2010.
Pages in category "Ships of Australia" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alma Doepel;
The Amerigo Vespucci, which Italians call the world's most beautiful ship, is taking a taste of its homeland on a round-the-world tour, with temporary expositions at several stops showcasing ...
The only ship sunk during these patrols was the small United States merchant vessel Mainini on 17 December 1941. The submarine also shelled Palmyra Naval Air Station on Palmyra Atoll on 24 December 1941. [4] On 23 July I-175 torpedoed the Australian merchant vessel Allara 20 miles (32 km) off Newcastle. While the ship's crew abandoned ship, she ...