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BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS BATHURST. COMPLETED ON 5TH DECEMBER 1940 BATHURST SPENT MOST OF HER WAR SERVICE WITH BRITISH FLEETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, RED SEA, PERSIAN GULF AND INDIAN OCEAN AREAS. AT THE END OF THE WAR SHE MOVED TO HONG KONG REGION AFTER WHICH SHE RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA AND PAID OFF. IN JUNE 1948 BATHURST WAS SOLD AS SCRAP TO T. CARR AND CO OF ULTIMO, NEW SOUTH WALES. DURING JUNE 1950 THE SHIP SUNK AT MOORINGS DURING DISMANTLING OPERATIONS AT ROZELLE BAY BUT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RAISED AND SCRAPPED.
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 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
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
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS PARKES. COMPLETED ON 15TH MAY 1944 PARKES SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS. AFTER THE WAR SHE SPENT SOME TIME IN NEI WATE
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS KATOOMBA. COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1941 KATOOMBA SAW ACTION IN THE DARWIN AREA AND WAS HOLED IN A COLLISION WITH THE AMERICAN OILER PECOS IN JANUARY 1942. AFTER R
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS LATROBE. COMMISSIONED ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1942 LATROBE SPENT HER WAR SERVICE CARRYING OUT MINESWEEPING, CONVOY, PRISONER OF WAR EVACUATION AND TROOP CARRYING DUTIE
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
