Territory Stories

HMAS Heros

Details:

Title

HMAS Heros,

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

Tugboat,

Unit

HMAS Heros,

Date arrived in NT

1945-08,

History

Commissioned from 13 January 1943. Heros and King Salvor class salvage vessel, HMS Salvestor towed the floating dock AFD18 from Darwin to Milne Bay. Little is known about the HMS Salvestor.,

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, Bathurst, Royal Australian Navy, Tugboat, HMAS Heros, 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/C227546 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 300754, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/HENRY-D-THOREAU_HOWELL-LYKES.pdf [Heros (0756) p.57],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842492,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842492

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842790,