The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Royal Australian Navy (original) (raw)
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The Royal AustralianNavy was little more than a squadron with no unit larger than a heavy cruiser. However, it fought so well alongside the U.S.Navy that an American heavy cruiser, Canberra, became the only American cruiser named after a foreign city (as well as in memory of the Australian cruiser Canberra, lost in the Battle of Savo Island.)
Australian order of battle, 7 December 1941:
| Royal Australian Navy (Royle; at Sydney) | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | AO Falkefjell | 7927 tons, 11.5 knots. A Norwegian tanker on the Sumatra-Australia line that went into RAN service on the fall of Norway. | | | | | AO Bishopdale | 17,357 tons, 11.5 knots. | | | | | AO Kurumba | 7806 tons standard displacement, 10 knots. Cargo capacity 2548 tons. | | | | | Australian Squadron (Crace; at Fremantle) | | | | | | | CA Australia(at Sydney) | | | | | | CA Canberra(at Sydney) | | | | | | CL Perth (at Auckland) | | | | | | CL Hobart (Suez Canal) | | | | | | CX Kanimbla(at George Town) | | | | | | CX Westralia(at Darwin) | | | | | | CX Manoora(at Changi) | | | | | | ACM Bungaree | | | | | | AGS Moresby(at Townsville) | | | | | | Minesweeping Flotilla 20 | | | | | | | AMA Ballarat (at Darwin) | | | | | | AMA Deloraine | | | | | | AMA Lithgow | | | | | | AMA Mildura | | | | | | Sloop Swan (at Port Moresby) | | | | | | AMA Towoomba | | | | | | Sloop Warrego (at Melbourne) | | | | | | AMA Warrnambool(at Darwin) | | | | | | AMA Wollongong | | | | | Minesweeping Flotilla 21 (at Singapore) | | | | | | | AMA Bendigo | | | | | | AMA Burnie | | | | | | AMA Goulburn | | | | | | AMA Mayborough | | | | | Australian Destroyer Flotilla (at Singapore) | | | | | | | DD Vampire | | | | | | DD Voyager (at Sydney) | | | | Base Staff Queensland (at Brisbane) | | | | | | | AMA Tambar | | | | | | AMA Coolebar | | | | | Base Staff Western Australia (at Fremantle) | | | | | | | AMA Alfie | | | | | | AMA Olive Cam | | | | | Base Staff Victoria (at Melbourne) | | | | | | | AMA Marrawa | | | | | | AMA Uki | | | | | | AMA Orara | | | | | | AMA Doomba | | | | | | AMA Korowa | | | | | | AMA Beryl II | | | | | | AMA Tongkoi | | | | | | AMA Durraween | | | | | Base Staff Newcastle (at Newcastle) | | | | | | | AMA Bermaqui | | | | | | AMA Narani(at Sydney) | | | | | Base Staff Northern Territory (at Darwin) | | | | | | | AMA Karangi | | | | | | AN Kangaroo | | | | | | AN Koala | | | | | | AMA Tolka | | | | | | AMA Terka | | | | | | AMA Gunbar | | | | | | AN Kookaburra | | | | | Base Staff South Australia (at Adelaide) | | | | | | | AMA Nambucca | | | | | | AMA Toorie | | | | | | AMA Warrawee | | | | | | AMA Gawler | | |
References
Royal Australian Navy (accessed 2011-3-19)
http://www.freeport-tech.com/WWII (accessed 2002; now defunct)
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