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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 KOREAN WAR. MODERNIZED FROM SEPTEMBER 1952 UNTIL RECOMMISSIONED IN OCTOBER 1954 WARRAMUNGA ENGAGED IN VARIED NAVAL DUTIES UNTIL BEING PAID OFF ON 7TH NOVEMBER 1959. IN EARLY 1963 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE KINOSHITA CO FOR SCRAPPING AND DEPARTED SYDNEY UNDER TOW IN MAY 1963 FOR 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
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
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
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 BOWEN. COMMISSIONED ON 9TH NOVEMBER 1942 BOWEN SPENT HER WAR SERVICE IN NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER SOME POST WAR WORK IN MID-PACIFIC WATERS SHE RETURNED TO AUSTR
Kure, Japan. September 1954. Port bow view of the Tribal Class Destroyer (D130) Hmas Arunta in September 1954 departing Kure for Australia after service in Korean waters. Arunta was built at Cockatoo
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
