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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. AFTER SERVING IN MANY THEATRES OF WAR AND FREQUENTLY BEING SQUADRON FLAGSHIP AUSTRALIA WAS RELEGATED TO GENERAL NAVAL TASKS AFTER 1949 UNTIL BEING PAID OFF FOR DISPOSAL ON 31ST AUGUST 1954. SHE WAS SOLD TO BRITISH IRON AND STEEL CORPORATION (SALVAGE) LTD ON 25TH JANUARY 1955 AND LEFT SYDNEY UNDER TOW ON 26TH MARCH 1955.
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
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS FREMANTLE. COMPLETED ON 12TH APRIL 1943 FREMANTLE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM 1943 TO 1945. ON 30TH AUGUST 1945
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
AN AERIAL VIEW OF 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 CEASE
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
SCOTT CLASS DESTROYER LEADER STUART. AFTER SERVICE WITH THE RN FROM 1918 TO 1932 STUART TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933 ALONG WITH FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS. WITH THE DECLARATION OF WAR STUART,
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
