HMAS Vigilant (later known as HMAS Sleuth and HMAS Hawk) was an auxiliary patrol boat serving with the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War...
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Battlecruiser HMAS Australia (1), p. 45 Duncan, Battlecruiser HMAS Australia (1), p. 47 Cubby, First Navy Flagship Found off Sydney Duncan, Battlecruiser HMAS Australia...
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ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Hawk: HMAS Hawk, formerly HMAS Vigilant, an auxiliary patrol boat commissioned in 1940 and operating...
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four of them. The Japanese raiders began to arrive over Darwin at 9:58 am. HMAS Gunbar was the first ship to be attacked, being strafed by several Zero fighters...
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1943. By 5 November the task force, composed of HMAS Australia, HMAS Shropshire, USS Ralph Talbot, HMAS Warramunga, Arunta and USS Helm, was in Milne Bay...
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Week. HMAS Sleuth, an auxiliary patrol boat, commissioned as HMAS Vigilant on 12 November 1940, renamed HMAS Sleuth on 17 April 1944 and HMAS Hawk on...
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HMAS Pioneer (formerly HMS Pioneer) was a Pelorus-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy at the end of the 19th century. She was transferred...
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Timothy (1982). HMAS Melbourne. North Sydney, NSW: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-86861-284-3. OCLC 9753221. "HMAS Voyager (II)". HMA Ship Histories...
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HMAS Encounter was a second-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built...
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HMAS Marguerite was an Arabis-class sloop laid down for the Royal Navy by Dunlop Bremner & Company at Port Glasgow in Scotland in July 1915 and launched...
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