Territory Stories
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81)
Details:
Title
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81),
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
Patrol boat,
Unit
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81),
Date arrived in NT
1939-09-01,
Date left the NT
1944-02-16,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Prior to the Second World War, Larrakia conducted fisheries and security patrols along the north coast of the Northern Territory and was responsible for the apprehension of a number of illegal pearling and fishing vessels. One of these arrests resulted in a controversial case before the Supreme Court in Darwin. During the war, she provided transport and support to various Army detachments in preparing defence sites around Darwin. Larrakia was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942.,
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 Australian Navy,
Air-sea rescue launch,
Patrol vessel,
HMAS Larrakia,
Navy,
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81),
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/C237225 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302039, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours] ,
https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-larrakia-i [HMAS Larrakia (I)] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/fixed-naval-defences-darwin-harbour-1939-1945 [Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35218 [Larrakia (I) HMAS (Q81)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842507 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842507
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842796 ,
Territory Stories
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81)
Details:
Title
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81),
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
Patrol boat,
Unit
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81),
Date arrived in NT
1939-09-01,
Date left the NT
1944-02-16,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Prior to the Second World War, Larrakia conducted fisheries and security patrols along the north coast of the Northern Territory and was responsible for the apprehension of a number of illegal pearling and fishing vessels. One of these arrests resulted in a controversial case before the Supreme Court in Darwin. During the war, she provided transport and support to various Army detachments in preparing defence sites around Darwin. Larrakia was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942.,
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 Australian Navy,
Air-sea rescue launch,
Patrol vessel,
HMAS Larrakia,
Navy,
HMAS Larrakia (I) (Q81),
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/C237225 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302039, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours] ,
https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-larrakia-i [HMAS Larrakia (I)] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/fixed-naval-defences-darwin-harbour-1939-1945 [Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35218 [Larrakia (I) HMAS (Q81)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842507 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842507
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842796 ,