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BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER CORVETTE HMAS CAIRNS. CAIRNS WAS BUILT BY WALKERS LTD OF MARYBOROUGH, QUEENSLAND, AND LAUNCHED ON 1941-10-07. DURING WORLD WAR 2 SHE SAW SERVICE IN MOST THEATRES OF WAR EVENTUALLY BEING PAID OFF IN 1945-12. ON 1946-01-17 CAIRNS WAS SOLD TO THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY AND RENAMED AMBON AND THEN ON 1950-04-06 TRANSFERRED TO THE INDONESIAN NAVY AND RENAMED BANTENG.
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 KALGOORLIE. COMPLETED ON 7 APRIL 1942 KALGOORLIE SPENT HER WAR SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS AREAS INCLUDING A PERIOD WITH THE BRI
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 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 LAUNCESTON. LAUNCESTON WAS COMPLETED ON 28 APRIL 1942 AND AFTER INITIAL SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN COASTAL WATERS, JOINED THE BRITISH EASTERN FLEET FOR SERVICE IN T
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 OCEA
