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spidge · 18-09-2007, 10:54 PM

HMAS Yarra blasted to pieces by Japanese Squadron on the 4th. of March 1942.

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HMAS Yarra ( 11) the second to carry this name was a Grimbsy Escort Sloop laid down at Cockatoo Dockyard in Sydney on the 24th. of May 1934. She was launched on the 28th. of March the following year, and commisioned on the 21st. of January 1936. The ship was 266 feet long with a 36 foot beam, drawing 10 feet, at full load she came in at 1,339 tons. Her speed a scant 16.5 knots, and armament 3 by 4 inch guns and 4 by 3 pounders.............................

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,171 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	HMAS Yarra *HMAS Yarra* blasted to pieces by Japanese Squadron on the 4th. of March 1942.** HMASYarra2.jpg HMAS Yarra ( 11) the second to carry this name was a Grimbsy Escort Sloop laid down at Cockatoo Dockyard in Sydney on the 24th. of May 1934. She was launched on the 28th. of March the following year, and commisioned on the 21st. of January 1936. The ship was 266 feet long with a 36 foot beam, drawing 10 feet, at full load she came in at 1,339 tons. Her speed a scant 16.5 knots, and armament 3 by 4 inch guns and 4 by 3 pounders............................. Read the full story here. From: http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/HMASYa...dtopieces.html __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 18-09-2007 at 11:03 PM.