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HMAS Townsville (J205)

Details:

Title

HMAS Townsville (J205),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Navy,

Service branch

Corvette, Minesweeper,

Unit

HMAS Townsville (J205),

Parent unit

24 Flotilla,

Date arrived in NT

1942-02,

Date left the NT

1942-07-28,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943, Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

Townsville was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. She performed escort duties between Darwin, Thursday Island and Townsville during 1942.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second Word War, 1939-1945, Royal Australian Navy, Bathurst class, Corvette, Minesweeper, HMAS Townsville, 24 Flotilla, Navy, HMAS Townsville (J205),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-townsville-i [Royal Australian Navy : HMAS Townsville (I)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours], https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-townsville-i [HMAS Townsville (I)], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31281 [HMAS Townsville (I) (J205)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842531,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842531

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842819,