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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 WATERS AND PAID OFF ON RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA. ON 2ND MAY 1957 PARKES WAS SOLD AS SCRAP TO HONG KONG ROLLING MILLS LTD. HMAS PARKES WAS THE LAST SHIP OF HER CLASS TO BE COMPLETED.
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
