Territory Stories

ML 809

Details:

Title

ML 809,

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

Fairmile Ship,

Unit

ML 809,

Date arrived in NT

1943-12,

Date left the NT

1944,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

ML 809 patroled outside the boom gates and escorted submarines into Darwin Harbour from rendezvous points at sea. She also performed convoy escort duty to Milingimbi.,

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, Fairmile, Motor launch, Patrol boat, Royal Australian Navy, ML 809, 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/C21949 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 106661, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=32314 [RAN Fairmile ships], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34699 [Fairmile Ships], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842515,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842828