Monthly Archives: March 2015

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/1bL1VTj HMAS Ballarat (J184), named for the city of Ballarat, Victoria, 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).[3]Continue reading “HMAS Ballarat (J184), named for the city of Ballarat, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class…”

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/19sAsEy HMAS Anzac (D59) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttp://ift.tt/1w4qJINHMAS Anzac (D59) was a Battle class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the destroyer …‎Design and construction – ‎Operational history – ‎Decommissioning and fate –Continue reading “HMAS Anzac (D59) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/19sAsEp HMAS  Nepal – HMAS Nepal (G25/D14) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in 1941 as Norseman, the ship suffered significant damage during an air raid on the John I. Thornycroft and Company shipyard, and during repairs was renamedContinue reading “HMAS Nepal – HMAS Nepal (G25/D14) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)….”