Territory Stories
HMAS Chinampa (FY31)
Details:
Title
HMAS Chinampa (FY31),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Merchant Navy,
Service branch
Stores lighter - Auxilliary ketch,
Unit
HMAS Chinampa (FY31),
Parent unit
Australasian Petroleum Company,
Date arrived in NT
1942-02-28,
Date left the NT
1945-12-31,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Chinampa was an auxiliary ketch commissioned for naval service at Thursday Island 18 February 1942. She did much the same type of work as Patricia Cam but usually not as far afield. On July 28 1942, along with HMAS Southern Cross, she took part in Operation Plover in Saumliki Harbour, Tenimbar Islands,during which the commander was killed,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Merchant Navy,
Australia,
Auxiliary ketch,
Motor launch,
HMAS Chinampa (FY31),
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/C237200 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302028, Naval Historical Collection] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/CAWARRA_CITY-OF-CHRISTIANIA.pdf [HMAS Chinampa (FY31) p.125-126],
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-chinampa [HMAS Chinampa (FY31)],
https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34229 [HMAS Chinampa (FY31)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843500 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843500
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843991 ,
Territory Stories
HMAS Chinampa (FY31)
Details:
Title
HMAS Chinampa (FY31),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Merchant Navy,
Service branch
Stores lighter - Auxilliary ketch,
Unit
HMAS Chinampa (FY31),
Parent unit
Australasian Petroleum Company,
Date arrived in NT
1942-02-28,
Date left the NT
1945-12-31,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Chinampa was an auxiliary ketch commissioned for naval service at Thursday Island 18 February 1942. She did much the same type of work as Patricia Cam but usually not as far afield. On July 28 1942, along with HMAS Southern Cross, she took part in Operation Plover in Saumliki Harbour, Tenimbar Islands,during which the commander was killed,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Merchant Navy,
Australia,
Auxiliary ketch,
Motor launch,
HMAS Chinampa (FY31),
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/C237200 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302028, Naval Historical Collection] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/CAWARRA_CITY-OF-CHRISTIANIA.pdf [HMAS Chinampa (FY31) p.125-126],
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-chinampa [HMAS Chinampa (FY31)],
https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34229 [HMAS Chinampa (FY31)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843500 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843500
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843991 ,