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BATTLE CLASS DESTROYER HMAS TOBRUK. COMPLETED ON 8TH MAY 1950 TOBRUK JOINED THE FLEET IN JANUARY 1951 AND ON 31ST AUGUST 1951 SAILED FOR KOREAN WATERS AS ESCORT FOR HMAS SYDNEY. AFTER COMPLETING WAR DUTIES SHE RETURNED TO SYDNEY IN MARCH 1952 ESCORTING HMAS SYDNEY. A SECOND TOUR IN KOREAN WATERS WAS CARRIED OUT MAY 1953 TO JANUARY 1954 FOLLOWED BY A REFIT IN SYDNEY. AFTER A FURTHER EVENTFUL CAREER TOBRUK WAS SOLD TO THE FUJITA SALVAGE CO, LEAVING SYDNEY UNDER TOW ON 10TH APRIL 1972 FOR SCRAPPING IN JAPAN.
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
BATTLE CLASS DESTROYER HMAS ANZAC. COMMISSIONED ON 14TH MARCH 1951 ANZAC SAILED ON 30TH JULY 1951 FOR SERVICE IN THE KOREAN WAR RETURNING TO SYDNEY ON 24TH OCTOBER 1951 ESCORTING HMS GLORY. AFTER REFI
TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER HMAS WARRAMUNGA. COMMISSIONED ON 23RD NOVEMBER 1942 WARRAMUNGA SPENT HER WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC WATERS AND LATER CARRIED OUT TWO TOURS OF DUTY DURING THE
KENT CLASS HEAVY CRUISER AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED ON 17TH MARCH 1927 AND COMMISSIONED ON 24TH APRIL 1928. IN APRIL 1938 AUSTRALIA PAID OFF FOR AN EXTENSIVE REFIT BEING RECOMMISSIONED ON 28TH AUGUST 1939. AF
Bathurst class minesweeper/corvette HMAS Bunbury. Bunbury was completed on 14 February 1943 and served in Australian, New Guinea and adjacent waters. After her service she paid off and in March 1961
Q CLASS DESTROYER QUICKMATCH. FIVE Q CLASS DESTROYERS ON LOAN FROM BRITAIN FROM 1942 TO 1946 WERE TRANSFERRED OUTRIGHT TO THE RAN IN JUNE 1950. AFTER SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR 2 QUICKMATCH WAS PAID OFF
THE MAJESTIC CLASS LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY. THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED ON 1944-09-30 AS HMS TERRIBLE AND WAS UNFINISHED AT THE END OF THE WAR WHEREUPON WORK ON HER CEASED. THE AUSTRALIAN
