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    HMAS Napier (G97/D13) was an N-class destroyer serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Built during 1939 and 1940, the destroyer...
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    December. From 7 December 1944 to 12 February 1945, Nepal and sister ship HMAS Napier were involved in supporting the 74th Indian Infantry Brigade. During...
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  • USS Chicago (CA-136) USS Quincy (CA-71) USS Saint Paul (CA-73) HMAS Shropshire (73) USS Detroit (CL-8) HMNZS Gambia (48) HMAS Hobart (I63) HMS Newfoundland (C59) USS Oakland...
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    (W-class flotilla leader) HMAS Napier HMAS Nepal HMAS Nizam HMAS Norman Quadrant Quality HMAS Queenborough HMAS Quiberon HMAS Quickmatch Teazer Tenacious...
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    were not transported in LCAs, but entered the port aboard the destroyer HMAS Napier. During the Madagascar operations it became obvious that the LCA design...
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    HMS Hotspur HMS Javelin HMS Laforey HMS Lightning HMS Lookout HMAS Napier HMAS Nepal HMAS Nizam HMAS Norman HMS Pakenham HMS Paladin HMS Panther HNLMS Van Galen...
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  • the rank of petty officer. In 1940 he was selected to be part of the HMAS Napier commissioning crew (this was the first of the Navy’s new “N” class destroyers)...
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  • HMAS Cerberus then did radar plot training at HMAS Rushcutter in Sydney. He had further training in HMAS Quiberon and HMAS Napier, and served in HMAS Quickmatch...
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    destroyers HMS Foxhound, Hotspur, Arrow, Active, Inconstant and Fortune, HMAS Napier, HMAS Norman, Nepal and HNLMS Van Galen, and escort destroyer HMS Blackmore...
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    Flotilla: (1912–1944) – 1941 British Eastern Fleet HMAS Norman, HMAS Napier, HMAS Nestor and HMAS Nizam. 8th Destroyer Flotilla: 1939 Home Fleet; HMS...
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  • India by the Indian sloop Jumna and the Australian minesweepers HMAS Launceston and HMAS Ipswich. Ro-110 had attacked convoy JC 36 (Colombo-Calcutta) and...
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    of the gunnery school at HMAS Cerberus. He spent two years at Cerberus before being given command of the Q class destroyer HMAS Quickmatch in March 1944...
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    Type Class Commissioned HMAS Adelaide L01 Landing Helicopter Dock Canberra 2015 HMAS Albany ACPB 86 Patrol boat Armidale 2006 HMAS Ararat ACPB 89 Patrol...
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    RFA Salvestor SS Empire Rest ST Sea Alarm HMCS Nene HMS Hampshire HMAS Brisbane HMAS Napier HMS Ark Royal HMS Sapphire (1904) HMS Berkeley Castle HMS Bicester...
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  • landing ship, infantry (large) HMAS Napier (G97) - Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss RN, N-class flotilla Leader. HMAS Nizam (G38) - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua...
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    HMAS Nizam (G38/D15) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The destroyer, named after Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad...
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    promoted to lieutenant in 1940 while in HMAS Hobart. The ship saw war service in the Red Sea. He joined HMAS Napier in late 1941 in time for the Tobruk Ferry...
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    Netherlander HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck, with the destroyers HMS Inconstant, HMAS Napier, Nizam, Norman and HNLMS Van Galen. Wireless messages were to be used...
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  • damaged 2 HMAS Arunta Invasion of Lingayen Gulf - Kamikaze attack World War II Lingayen Gulf, Philippines 6 January 1945 damaged 2 HMAS Napier Freak wave...
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  • Sea Patrol (redirect from HMAS Hammersley)
    fictional HMAS Hammersley (PTF 202) was portrayed by two real Fremantle-class patrol boats: HMAS Wollongong was used for filming in Sydney, while HMAS Ipswich...
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  • personnel were shipped into the besieged port of Tobruk aboard HMAS Nizam and HMAS Napier on 18/19 September in one of the regular night supply runs by...
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  • HMAS Snipe (M1102) (formerly HMS Alcaston) was a Ton-class minesweeper which served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship was...
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    HMAS Australia (I84/D84/C01) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in...
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    Hurworth, and Tetcott, and the Royal Australian Navy destroyers HMAS Napier, HMAS Nestor, and HMAS Norman as the escort for MW 11. Axis aircraft began attacks...
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  • meets with an old friend, British Royal Navy Commander Jeff Napier (David Farrar), plus Napier's German fiancée Elsa Keller (Lana Turner). Ehrlich knows Elsa...
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    to HMAS Canberra (FFG 02). HMAS Canberra FFG 02 – History of the ship, maintained by a member of the frigate's commissioning crew Dive the ex HMAS Canberra...
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    with HMAS Adelaide Australian Associated Press, Greenies try to scuttle plans to sink HMAS Adelaide Australian Associated Press, Decommissioned HMAS Adelaide...
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  • carronades. In July 1916, the Royal Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Encounter entered Napier Broome Bay. On a small island in the bay, a party from the ship...
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    "Homecoming for HMAS Tobruk" (Press release). Department of Defence. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2009. "HMAS Tobruk and HMAS Brunei assist AACAP"...
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    HMAS Psyche, HMAS Fantome, HMAS Protector, HMAS Una. Town-class cruiser: HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Brisbane HM Australian Destroyer Flotilla 1914–1918: HMA Ships...
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