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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,