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AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT IN DARWIN HARBOUR IN 1941. VIGILANT WAS RENAMED SLEUTH ON 17TH APRIL 1944 AND AGAIN RENAMED HAWK ON 13TH MARCH 1945. SOLD ON 14TH OCTOBER 1946 FOR 2800 POUNDS. (PREFER IDENTICAL IMAGE AT P1049/01)
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
DARWIN, NT. 1941-07. CREW OF AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT AWAIT THE ARRIVAL FROM HMAS PLATYPUS OF VICE ADMIRAL J. W. DURNFORD, 2ND NAVAL MEMBER, AND CAPTAIN E. P. THOMAS, NAVAL OFFICER IN CHA
STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT, WHICH WAS RENAMED HMAS SLEUTH AND LATER HMAS HAWK (I). NOTE THE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN FITTED FORWARD AND THE NON STANDARD PAINTING UP OF THE SHI
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT, WHICH WAS RENAMED HMAS SLEUTH AND LATER HMAS HAWK (I). NOTE THE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN FITTED FORWARD AND THE NON STANDARD PAINTING UP OF THE SHIP'S P
ON SEAWARD PASSAGE FROM DARWIN TO THURSDAY ISLAND, 1945-07. ABLE SEAMAN TED SMITH PREFERS AN OUTSIDE DECK TO THE MESS DECK TO EAT A MEAL, IN ROUGH WEATHER, ON HMAS HAWK (PREVIOUSLY VIGILANT AND SLEUTH
NORTHERN TERRITORY WATERS, 1945-01. CREW MEMBERS OF HMAS HAWK (PREVIOUSLY VIGILANT AND SLEUTH) RECOVERING DAN BUOY ON SURVEY GROUND. LEFT TO RIGHT, SUB LIEUTENANT GREGG, LEADING SEAMAN CHARLIE WOODS,
THE CORVETTES HMAS BENALLA (J323) (RIGHT) AND CASTLEMAINE (J244)(CENTRE BACKGROUND) AND THE AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL HMAS SLEUTH (EX HMAS VIGILANT). THE BENALLA HAS BEEN CAMOUFLAGED IN WHAT ARE PROBABL
