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HMAS Swan (II) (L74)(U74)

Details:

Title

HMAS Swan (II) (L74)(U74),

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

Sloop,

Unit

HMAS Swan (II) (L74)(U74),

Honours and awards

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

History

Swan was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. She was secured next to the Neptuna and suffered a near miss causing extensive damage and killing 3 crew members. She was also part of the Pensacola convoy and the convoy led by the USS Houston which left Darwin Harbour for Koepang before turning back.,

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, Sloop, HMAS Swan, Navy, HMAS Swan (II) (L74)(U74),

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/C232886 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 301383, Period 1940-1949], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours], https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-swan-ii [HMAS Swan (II)], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31308 [HMAS Swan (II) (L74)(U74)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842529,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842809