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HMAS Lithgow (J206)

Details:

Title

HMAS Lithgow (J206),

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, Minesweeper,

Unit

HMAS Lithgow (J206),

Date arrived in NT

1942-01,

Date left the NT

1942-09,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943, Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

On 20 January 1942, Lithgow took part in the destruction of the Japanese minelaying submarine I-124. This hit was officially credited to HMAS Deloraine.,

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, Bathurst class, Corvette, Minesweeper, HMAS Lithgow, Navy, HMAS Lithgow (J206),

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/C45852 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 300970, Period 1940-1949], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours], https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-lithgow [HMAS Lithgow], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33897 [HMAS Lithgow (J206)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842510,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842793