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HMAS Cairns (J138)

Details:

Title

HMAS Cairns (J138),

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,

Unit

HMAS Cairns (J138),

Alternative unit name

HNLMS Ambon,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

Commissioned as HMAS Cairns on 11 May 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Ambon on 17 January 1946.,

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, Corvette, Bathurst, Royal Australian Navy, Minesweeper, HMAS Cairns, HNLMS Ambon, Navy, HMAS Cairns (J138),

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/C43300 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 300508, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Cairns_%28J183%29 [Wikipedia - HMAS Cairns (J183)], http://www.booksllc.net/book.cfm?id=3684655 [Bathurst Class Corvettes transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=37074 [Cairns HMAS (J183)], https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-cairns-i [Navy : HMAS Cairns (I)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842474,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842474

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842770,