The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DARWIN, NT. 1942-11-07. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF CORVETTE HMAS ARMIDALE WITH THE MERCHANT SHIP SS TULAGI. ARMIDALE WAS COMMISSIONED ON 1942-06-11. SHE SERVED IN AUSTRALIAN COASTAL WATERS ON CONVOY ESCORT DUTIES UNTIL JOINING THE 24TH MINESWEEPING FLOTILLA AT DARWIN IN EARLY 1942-11. ARMIDALE WAS SUNK ON 1942-12-01 AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT WHILST EN ROUTE TO LAND GUERILLA REINFORCEMENTS NEAR BETANO, TIMOR. ARMIDALE'S PENNANT NUMBER WAS J240. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
Sailor's cap tally band in black silk with a knotted bow decoration, featuring the name HMAS LITHGOW sewn in yellow silk wrapped with thin copper banding. Associated with the Second World War servic
The Bathurst Class Minesweeper (Corvette) HMAS Wollongong was built on British account at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, in 1941. In January 1942, Wollongong joined other RAN Corvettes in the 21st
Survivors from the Bathurst class corvette, HMAS Armidale, which was sunk on 1 December 1942 after being attacked by Japanese aircraft, south of Timor. On 7 December 1942, the survivors were sighted b
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
