HMAS Derwent (F22/DE 22/DE 49), named for the Derwent River, was a River-class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was laid down...
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have been named HMAS Derwent, after the Derwent River in Tasmania. HMAS Derwent (naval base), a naval base in Tasmania, renamed HMAS Huon in 1942 to avoid...
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commemorative plaques, a 110-millimetre (4.5 in) gun turret from HMAS Derwent and a submarine fin from HMAS Orion. The memorial was dedicated on 24 January 1996 by...
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opposite HMAS Stirling. It contains a number of commemorative plaques, a 110 mm (4.5 in) gun turret of HMAS Derwent (DE 49) and a submarine fin from HMAS Orion...
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Williamstown Dockyard (redirect from HMA Naval Dockyard)
HMAS Yarra (DE 45) Destroyer escort River 1961 HMAS Derwent (DE 49) Destroyer escort River 1964 HMAS Swan (DE 50) Destroyer escort River 1970 TRV Tailor (803)...
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Australian Navy (RAN) sank HMAS Torrens on June 14, 1999 with a Mk48 wire guided torpedo fired from the Collins-class submarine HMAS Farncomb. Torrens was...
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Royal Hobart Regatta (section Trans Derwent Swim)
Governor. Commencing adjacent Montagu Bay the Trans Derwent Swim sees competitors cross the Derwent River Estuary, a distance of 1.5km. In recent years...
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disaster report, the weather was rough, with a wind of 15 to 25 m/s (29 to 49 kn; 34 to 56 mph), force 7–10 on the Beaufort scale and a significant wave...
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Melbourne–Voyager collision in Jervis Bay when the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and the destroyer HMAS Voyager collide. A 16-year-old boy drowns when he is caught...
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design received the internal designation P.1035. Use of the Rolls-Royce Derwent engine had been studied but quickly discarded as lacking power for an aircraft...
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