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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, WITH THE V&W SHIPS, SAILED FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL 22ND AUGUST 1941, WHEN IT RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA FOR A REFIT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL 1942. SHE THEN CARRIED OUT CONVOY AND ANTI-SUBMARINE TASKS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS UNTIL BEING CONVERTED TO A FAST STORE CARRIER AND TROOP TRANSPORT IN 1944-45, FILLING THAT ROLE UNTIL JANUARY 1946. STUART WAS PAID OFF ON 27TH APRIL 1946 AND SOLD ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1947, TO T. CARR & CO LTD, SYDNEY FOR SCRAPPING.
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
V&W Class Destroyer Vampire. Four V&W Destroyers joined the RAN in October 1933 after serving with the RN in the late stages of World War 1. After early action in World War 2 in the Mediterranean area
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
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 D
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
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS HORSHAM. COMMISSIONED ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1942 HORSHAM SERVED IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER THE WAR SHE PAID OFF AND IN AUGUST 1958 WAS S
Members of the Australian 1937 Coronation Contingent meet famous English cricketer Harold Larwood, an extremely quick and accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast le
