Territory Stories
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80)
Details:
Title
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80),
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
Patrol Boat,
Unit
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80),
Parent unit
Department of Trade and Customs,
Date arrived in NT
1941,
Date left the NT
1942-09,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Requisitioned in October 1941 Vigilant served on patrol duties in Darwin and performed rescues during raids on Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. On 20 January 1942 she participated in the attack on the mine-laying Japanese submarine I-124 which was sunk by HMAS Deloraine the next day. Vigilant was also involved in covert operations with the Special Reconnaisance Department and Z Force commandos on the Timor Ferry run. She was the first aluminium ship built in Australia.,
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,
Air sea rescue,
Boom defence vessel,
Patrol boat,
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80),
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/C40379 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 044725, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/UMGENI_TO_WAIPIO.pdf [HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80) p.122-123],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31087 [HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843591 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843591
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844011 ,
Territory Stories
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80)
Details:
Title
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80),
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
Patrol Boat,
Unit
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80),
Parent unit
Department of Trade and Customs,
Date arrived in NT
1941,
Date left the NT
1942-09,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Requisitioned in October 1941 Vigilant served on patrol duties in Darwin and performed rescues during raids on Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. On 20 January 1942 she participated in the attack on the mine-laying Japanese submarine I-124 which was sunk by HMAS Deloraine the next day. Vigilant was also involved in covert operations with the Special Reconnaisance Department and Z Force commandos on the Timor Ferry run. She was the first aluminium ship built in Australia.,
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,
Air sea rescue,
Boom defence vessel,
Patrol boat,
HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80),
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/C40379 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 044725, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/UMGENI_TO_WAIPIO.pdf [HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80) p.122-123],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31087 [HMAS Vigilant (FY06)(Q80)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843591 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843591
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844011 ,