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- With interwar and wartime provision of Royal Navy ships and some built in situ, the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) was one of the most powerful in the Pacific at the end world war two, and one of the most active as well, with many battle honors on the Pacific and Mediterranean as well.
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Australia saw extensive combat in World War II. HMAS Melbourne steams into San Diego Harbor, California (USA), in 1977. The history of the Royal Australian Navy traces the development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from the colonisation of Australia by the British in 1788.
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With interwar and wartime provision of Royal Navy ships and some built in situ, the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) was one of the most powerful in the Pacific at the end world war two, and one of the most active as well, with many battle honors on the Pacific and Mediterranean as well.
HMAS Sydney in her war paint in 1941 (AWM) When the second world war broke out, the focus of her naval policy as now limited the defence of trade protection. From 1939, Royal Australian Ships operated as part of Royal Navy formations. They served first in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, in fact on the way to the Indian Ocean, o...
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World War II. Early in the Second World War, RAN ships again operated as part of Royal Navy formations, many serving with distinction in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, and off the West African coast.
This is a list of major classes of warship operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Included are capital ships, amphibious vessels, cruisers, destroyers and frigates.
The official history of the Royal Australian Navy in World War II is G Hermon Gill's two volumes Royal Australian Navy 1939–1942 (Canberra, 1957) and Royal Australian Navy 1942–1945 (Canberra, 1968).
Researching Navy history. The rich Australian naval history and its achievements enhance the current Navy and shape the future maritime force.
World War II. Lord Gowrie launching HMAS Arunta. Lord Gowrie, the governor-general of Australia, saluting the naval guard of honour as he arrives at Cockatoo Island (Sydney) for the launching of HMAS Arunta, October 30, 1940. (more)
