Royal Australian Navy Corvettes in Fremantle, 1942-1968 / Bruce Farrington
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AuthorFarrington, BruceCorporate AuthorWorld Ship Society. Fremantle BranchDescriptionHistory of corvettes in Australia. Sixty Bathurst Class minesweeper/corvettes were constructed in Australian yards under the 1940-43 wartime ship building programme for which twenty were ordered for the Royal Navy (commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy) and four for the Royal Indian Navy. The corvettes carried out many occupations besides minesweeping such as patrol and escorting of convoys, the transportation of stores and troops during assault landings, bombardment of enemy positions and survey work in dangerous waters amongst the enemy held islandsImprint[Fremantle, W.A.] : World Ship Society, [1984]Collationvi, 82 p. : ill., facsims ; 30 cm.LanguageEnglishNotesCover title. Includes indexDewey Class940.545994 FARPublication FormatBook
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Farrington, Bruce, Royal Australian Navy Corvettes in Fremantle, 1942-1968 / Bruce Farrington. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/25190
