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Bathurst Class Corvettes Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy: Hmas Kalgoorlie, Hmas Burnie, Hmas Wollongong, Hmas Ipswich, Hmas Cairns

Bathurst Class Corvettes Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy: Hmas Kalgoorlie, Hmas Burnie, Hmas Wollongong, Hmas Ipswich, Hmas Cairns


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Chapters: Hmas Kalgoorlie, Hmas Burnie, Hmas Wollongong, Hmas Ipswich, Hmas Cairns, Hmas Tamworth, Hmas Lismore, Hnlms Banda, Hnlms Morotai, Hnlms Batjan, Hnmls Ambon, Hnlms Ternate, Hnlms Ceram. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: HMAS Kalgoorlie (J192/B245/A119), named for the city of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Kalgoorlie was laid down by Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd at Whyalla, South Australia on 27 July 1940. She was launched on 7 August 1941 by the wife of Thomas Playford IV, then Premier of South Australia, and was commissioned into the RAN on 7 April 1942. After completing trials, Kalgoorlie was assigned as a convoy escort. Initially operating along the east coast of Sydney, the corvette was moved to Darwin in August 1942 and taken with convoys between Australia, Thursday Island, and Timor. On 25 September, Kalgoorlie and sister ship HMAS Warrnambool evacuated the ship's company of the destroyer HMAS Voyager, which had run aground at Betano Bay two days before. In early December, Kalgoorlie was involved in the search for survivors from sister ship HMAS Armidale, which had been sunk by Japanese aircraft on 1 December. Kalgoorlie eventually recovered 49 of the survivors. In April 1943, the corvette returned to the east coast of Australia, still operating as a convoy escort. On 15 June, a thirteen-ship convoy heading for Brisbane and escorted by Kalgoorlie and sister ships Bundaberg, Cootamundra, Deloraine, and Warrnambool, was attacked off Smoky Cape. The United States Army Transport Portmar and the US Navy Landing ship LST-469 were torpedoed by Japanese sub...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=45570


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157019381
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 48
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 82 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157019382
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Hmas Kalgoorlie, Hmas Burnie, Hmas Wollongong, Hmas Ipswich, Hmas Cairns
  • Width: 229 mm


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