Territory Stories
HMAS Griffioen
Details:
Title
HMAS Griffioen,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Netherlands,
Service
Navy,
Service branch
Lugger,
Unit
HMAS Griffioen,
Parent unit
Royal Dutch Navy,
Date arrived in NT
1942-05-04,
Date left the NT
1944-02-15,
History
Commandeered from the Royal Netherlands Navy after the fall of Ambon. On one trip she used coconut oil for fuel as nothing else was available. Griffioen was used as a troop transport for commando landings and as well as a stores carrier when not working in the harbour. She was converted to a hospital ship in October 1943 by the United States.,
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 Netherlands Navy,
Lugger,
Royal Dutch Navy,
Navy,
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.awm.gov.au/collection/C44249 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 301330, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://www.navyhistory.org.au/category/navy-day-by-day/1942/page/3/ [Griffioen commissioned],
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/GREAT-REPUBLIC_HENRY-DODGE.pdf [HMAS Griffioen (FY25) p.16],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35162 [HMAS Griffioen (FY25)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842538 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842782
Territory Stories
HMAS Griffioen
Details:
Title
HMAS Griffioen,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Netherlands,
Service
Navy,
Service branch
Lugger,
Unit
HMAS Griffioen,
Parent unit
Royal Dutch Navy,
Date arrived in NT
1942-05-04,
Date left the NT
1944-02-15,
History
Commandeered from the Royal Netherlands Navy after the fall of Ambon. On one trip she used coconut oil for fuel as nothing else was available. Griffioen was used as a troop transport for commando landings and as well as a stores carrier when not working in the harbour. She was converted to a hospital ship in October 1943 by the United States.,
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 Netherlands Navy,
Lugger,
Royal Dutch Navy,
Navy,
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.awm.gov.au/collection/C44249 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 301330, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://www.navyhistory.org.au/category/navy-day-by-day/1942/page/3/ [Griffioen commissioned],
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/GREAT-REPUBLIC_HENRY-DODGE.pdf [HMAS Griffioen (FY25) p.16],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35162 [HMAS Griffioen (FY25)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842538 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842782