Territory Stories
HMAS Moruya (Q17)
Details:
Title
HMAS Moruya (Q17),
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
Cargo and,
Passenger Ship,
Motor Launch,
Boom Defence Vessel,
Air-sea Rescue,
Unit
HMAS Moruya (Q17),
Date arrived in NT
1942-02-19,
Date left the NT
1943-11-12,
Honours and awards
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,
History
Requistioned on 3 June 1941 and was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. The Commanding Officer was John Leggoe, author of 'Trying to be sailors'.,
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,
Cargo,
Motor launch,
Passenger,
HMAS Moruya (Q17),
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,
Related links
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/34193 [PictureNT : PH0375/0091, Dredge 'Morwong', Marella Collection],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/MSS0823/ [Richard Want],
https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],
http://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/fixed-naval-defences-darwin-harbour-1939-1945 [Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47387 [HMAS Moruya (Q17)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843554,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844009