HMAS Vampire ww2

some passenger ships evacuating civilians from Malta.

screen for HMS EAGLE and HMS BARHAM for attacks on Dodecanese islands.16th - Return rescued the survivors from both Later detached from (AWM PASU0173)Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Australian War Memorial. Nagumo took his force towards Ceylon (Sri Lanka as it is now known) with the objective of destroying British naval and air forces in that area.Available to the commander of the Eastern Fleet, Admiral Sir James Somerville, were just two modern fleet carriers (HMS Formidable and Indomitable) and the old light carrier Hermes, with a total of 100 aircraft embarked. September and after trials she entered service with the 4th Destroyer Flotilla with HMAS STUART, HM Sloops AUCKLAND and FLAMINGO Programme and laid down on 10th October 1916. to Malta to join Convoy ME3 as escort during passage to from Malta to Port Said.10th - Joined

Sailed to Singapore for service on China passage to Alexandria with Mediterranean Fleet ships.30th - Deployed WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. in brief engagement with Italian warships. On 18 April, as Nagumo's carriers were passing the Philippines on their way back to Japan, it was learnt that while employed 3000 miles away in the Indian Ocean, a resurgent US Navy had launched attacks against the Japanese homeland-the famous Doolittle raid. for duty in Inshore Squadron for bombardment of coastal positions in support of the military offensive. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and Here they were attacked by 53 dive-bombers, and both ships were sunk within little more than fifteen minutes with the loss of 424 lives.Had Nagumo made a close search in the south-westly direction that the British cruisers had been steaming, he would probably have located Somerville's main fleet. (Note : The Australian site is two fold. I am Chris Coulthard-Clark, from the Military History Section here at the Memorial.

Design V-class Flotilla Leader ordered from JS White at Cowes, IoW under the 1916-17 Build sighting Japanese aircraft ignored. )9th - Took part FORGOTTEN FLEET by J Winton, THE hand for refit by HM Dockyard at Singapore.On completion WARSPITE, HM Aircraft Carrier EAGLE, HM Cruisers GLOUCESTER, LIVERPOOL, NEPTUNE, ORION and SYDNEY (RAN) to provide cover for transit of Convoys reinforcement troops from UK20th - Transferred torpedo attacks and sunk. Madagascar and took passage to Ceylon.8th - Sailed

Note : This was part of Operation HATS involving ships of with HM Destroyers TENEDOS, ELECTRA and EXPRESS Under All comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB.The World War II Database is founded and managed by Force B with HMAS VENDETTA, VOYAGER and WATERHEN (See THE with HM Sloop YARRA (RAN) as escort for convoy during passage from Singapore to Sunda Straits.29th - Detached

In June 1959 a second HMAS Vampire, a Daring Class destroyer, entered service with the Navy. He accordingly sent Hermes, with HMAS Vampire as escort, back to Ceylon for repairs, along with the heavy cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire. screen for major units of reinforced Fleet during passage from Malta to Alexandria.5th - Arrived out patrol off Fremantle with HM Cruiser SYDNEY (RAN) and HM Destroyer VOYAGER (RAN).Transferred at SENDAI with six destroyers and five

week under persistent air raids whilst at Alexandria. Allied shipping was not seriously interrupted beyond a month or so. two transports on passage from Batavia to Sunda.2nd - Joined A visit to New Zealand was the only deployment during 1978, due to further refitting between May and August. (John Francis Collection)HMAS Vampire (II) in large swell as she approaches HMAS Melbourne, 1966.HMAS Vampire (II) pitching heavily during an underway replenishment serial.HMAS Vampire (II) during her 1966 deployment in the vicinity of Sabah. Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials, is a new initiative designed to record the locations and photographs of every publicly accessible memorial across Australia. After November 1918 she served in Home waters and in the The bow of HMAS Vampire (II) taking shape, November 1955.

during passage from Alexandria for military convoys to and from Greece in continuation (Operation LUSTRE)24th - Sailed and Force HM Cruisers CALCUTTA, COVENTRY, HM Destroyers STUART, VENDETTA and WATERHEN for escort of Convoy GA14 from Nauphlia to Alexandria.29th - On