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	HMAS Geelong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		---- The first HMAS Geelong (J-201) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by the Melbourne Harbour Trust at Williamstown in Victoria on 16 October 1940, launched on 22 April 1941 by Lady Dugan, wife of the Governor of Victoria, and commissioned on 16 January 1942.
		HMAS Geelong collided with the American tanker York and sank north of Langemak in New Guinea on 18 October 1944.
		---- The second HMAS Geelong (P-215) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 15 November 1982, launched on 14 April 1984 and commissioned on 2 June 1984.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/HMAS_Geelong (123 words)

	Actions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HMAS Geelong was in Sydney harbour during the attack by Japanese midget submarines on the 31st of May 1942, and fired on one of them off Bradley's Head.
		HMAS Kutabull, a requisitioned Harbour Ferry and at the moment used as a depot and accommodation ship, was sunk by a torpedo.
		HMAS Ipswich, Cessnock and Ballarat were amongst the Australian vessels during the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on the 2nd of September 1945.
	vader.nw.com.au /~stella/actions.htm (1727 words)

	HMAS Dubbo - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Dubbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The first HMAS Dubbo (J-251/M-251) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Morts Dock and Engineering at Balmain in New South Wales, launched on 7 March 1942 by Mrs.
		HMAS Dubbo paid off to reserve on 7 February 1947, was sold for scrap to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha of Tokyo on 20 February 1958, and towed to Japan.
		The second HMAS Dubbo (P-214) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 9 August 1982, launched on 21 January 1984 in the presence of Thomas Arthur Slattery and Mrs Joan Slattery, then Mayor and Mayoress of Dubbo and commissioned on 10 March 1984.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMAS-Dubbo.html (217 words)

	Royal Australian Navy
		HMAS Geelong and her 14 sister FCPBs are Nav y ’s principal contribution to the nation’s fisheries protection, immigration, customs and drug law enforcement operations.
		HMAS Geelong has a range of 2360 nautical miles at 12 knots and a maximum speed of almost 30 knots.
		GEELONG was berthed alongside Garden Island during the infamous raid on Sydney Harbour by Japanese Mini-Submarines.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/geelong (266 words)

	Geelong Waterfront - Cargo Boxes
		The specially designed cargo boxes rekindle the spirit of Geelong's marvellous maritime past and are the work of Maggie Fookes and Bill Perrin.
		Geelong boasts a long and colourful past as a seaport where people from all points of the globe have come, and continue to come, to load the region's produce for distribution throughout the world.
		Geelong was Victoria's major industrial city and pig iron was required for heavy industries, including Ford Motor Company, International Harvester and foundries, including Backwell IXL Stove Company.
	www.greatoceanroad.org /geelong/waterfront/cargoboxes.asp (583 words)

	HMAS J2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HMAS J2 Guajara in other languages: Spanish, Deutsch, French, Italian...
		HMAS J2 was a J class submarine built for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Portsmouth in Hampshire and launched on 6 November 1915.
		J2 torpedoed and sank the enemy German submarine U99 between the Orkneys and Norway on 7 July 1917, was transferred to Australia on 25 March 1919 and operated out of Geelong in Victoria, paid off on 12 July 1922, was sold on 26 February 1924 and sunk on 1 June 1926.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hmas_j2.html (110 words)

	WARSHIPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Voyager was sunk in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in 1964, HMS Duchess being transferred to the RAN as a replacement.
		HMAS Canberra is due to decommission in November 2005, whilst the four newer ships will receive significant upgrades to their capabilities.
		HMAS Fremantle was constructed in the United Kingdom, the remainder of the class in Australia.
	www.mattmar.com.au /warships_australia.htm (465 words)

	HMAS Echuca - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Echuca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HMAS Echuca - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Echuca.
		HMAS Echuca (J-252/M-252), named for Echuca in Victoria, was a Bathurst class corvette built by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown in Victoria, launched on 17 January 1942 by Lady Royle, wife of Sir Guy Royle, and commissioned on 7 September 1942.
		HMAS Echuca paid off on 29 June 1948, was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 5 March 1952 and served as HMNZS Echuca until sold for scrap on 11 April 1967.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMAS-Echuca.html (150 words)

	HMAS HOBART (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I joined the ship during the previous afternoon while she was berthed alongside Cunningham Pier at the Port of Geelong for a voyage to Garden Island (Sydney).
		HMAS Hobart was built by Defoe Shipbuilding in Bay City, Michigan and launched on the 9
		HMAS Hobart is one of three Perth class Guided Missile Destroyers purchased from the US in the mid to late sixties.
	www.qsl.net /anars/hmas_hobart.htm (1527 words)

	www.smh.com.au - Illegal fishing boats are navy's surest catch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HMAS Bunbury is plying the blue waters of Darwin Harbour in search of prey.
		Lieutenant-Commander Quinn directs his crew to signal the Geelong "bravo zulu" (well done for your patrol), and as it returns to port, where the Indonesian boat and its crew will be taken into custody by the fisheries authorities, the Bunbury continues on its way.
		Darwin Harbour is littered with apprehended illegal fishing vessels, and the encounter with the ice boat is not unusual.
	www.smh.com.au /text/articles/2005/09/30/1127804662736.html (426 words)

	Up Periscope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He was posted to HMA Submarine J2 for the "J" class submarine flotilla journey to Australia.
		After serving his RN sea training he was appointed to HMA Submarine J4 and returned to Australia with the "J" class Flotilla in 1919.
		HMAS Platypus was the mother ship for the J class submarines.
	www.submarinesaustralia.com /history/our_history_people.html (2210 words)

	You're Nabbed!
		HMAS GEELONG, under the command of LCDR Matt Cawsey, has started the new year as she ended the oldwith a dramatic foreign fishing vessel apprehension.
		GEELONG'S XO, LCDR Jeff Williams took control of the situation detailing his team to drop the sails and prepare fro connecting the tow.
		He had to be restrained and removed from the FFV to GEELONG for his own safety allowing the boarding party to proceed with the tow unhampered.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/1999/02_22_99/story1.htm (430 words)

	Naval Art prints
		HMAS Sydney was sunk in the action with the German Commerce Raider Kormoran.
		Sydney's A and B turrets were put out of action by a torpedo Hit and was hit by several 5.9 inch shells she was ;last seen burning furiously.
		H.M.A.S Hobart glides past Mount Fiji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background.
	www.naval-art.com /australian_ships.htm (1029 words)

	The War Years - Page 2
		HMAS CASTLEMAINE collided with a Manly ferry, August 11, 1942
		HMAS GEELONG collided with AASE MAERSK, November 11, 1942
		RAN corvettes HMAS MILDURA and HMAS GEELONG arrived in New Caledonia on March 13th and immediately began minesweeping the approaches to Noumea.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~mildura/war_years_2.htm (2207 words)

	NAVY News :: Top Stories
		While at anchor off Ashmore Reef last month, HMAS Tobruk (CMDR Peter Laver) played host to HMAS Geelong (CMDR David Moncrieff) as she rafted up alongside to take on fresh water.
		Geelong was on her way back to Darwin after a fisheries patrol when it became necessary to resupply.
		Tobruk and Geelong are currently part of the RAN’s commitment to Op RELEX II in Australia’s northern approaches.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/editions/4603/topstories/story23.htm (160 words)

	Cox v Minister for Immigration Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs & Ors [2003] NTSC 111
		[19] A boarding party from HMAS Geelong boarded the vessel in Australian waters on 4 November 2003 and a detention notice under s 245F of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) was served on the Master of the vessel in English and Indonesian at or about 2110 Darwin time.
		The detention notice was issued by Lieutenant A P Staker, an officer of the Royal Australian Navy and alleged to be an "officer" for the purposes of s 245 of the Migration Act 1958.
		The vessel at the time of the hearing had a boarding party from HMAS Geelong on board to ensure no further sabotage took place on the vessel.
	www.nt.gov.au /ntsc/doc/judgements/2003/ntsc/sc111.htm (3274 words)

	corvettes
		Today we also recall other shipmates who gave their lives whilst serving in Corvettes and others, who since the war have passed on to their eternal reward.
		HMAS ARMIDALE was sunk off Timor by Japanese bombers.
		HMAS WALLAROO and HMAS GEELONG were lost in night-time convoy collisions with friendly ships.
	users.bigpond.net.au /farnorthdist/bluey.htm (323 words)

	This Month in Australian Military History
		HMAS Adelaide arrives at the British Solomon Islands Protectorate as part of a British punitive expedition.
		HMAS Geelong was one of four corvettes lost during the Second World War.
		HMAS Perth struck by return fire near Cape Lai, Vietnam, while on the United States 7th Fleet 'gunline'.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/thismonth/oct.htm (1218 words)

	Geelong - McHarry's Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Geelong, Victoria's largest provincial urban region, is 65 km.
		Ten-thousand workers jammed the streets of Geelong in the pouring rain on June 30 The Geelong Advertiser devoted six pages to the rally, with headlines
		As Victoria's second largest city, Geelong is renowned for its artistic In and around Geelong are a variety of historic and country gardens that are
	www.dir-index.com /di/geelong.html (210 words)

	The Australians at War Film Archive - 79
		A: I was born in Geelong on 9 February 1922.
		A: We all went to the [HMAS] Canberra which was an 8 inch cruiser and the [HMAS] Australia was not in commission at that stage, our sister ship.
		[HMAS] Vengeance and we were then escort for the Queen's visit in 1954 and we went right round Australia and we had to produce a guard and a Queen's guard is 120 sailors and a lieutenant commander and a lieutenant.
	www.australiansatwarfilmarchive.gov.au /aawfa/transcripts/79.html (17799 words)

	HMAS Geelong -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HMAS Geelong -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Two ships of the (additional info and facts about Royal Australian Navy) Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of (additional info and facts about Geelong) Geelong in (A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally) Victoria.
		HMAS Geelong collided with the American tanker York and sank north of Langemak in (A Pacific island north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; governed by Australia and Indonesia) New Guinea on 18 October 1944.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hmas_geelong3.htm (92 words)

	The Mercury: Navy son's march a cause of pride [02nov05]
		Yesterday in Launceston, Mrs Bobbin's motherly pride finally had plenty of reasons to bubble over as the crew of HMAS Launceston, which includes her son Matthew, marched through the city's streets as part of a ceremonial Freedom of the City parade.
		HMAS Launceston's commanding officer, Lieutenant-Commander Alex Gibbs, said the Darwin-based patrol boat's crew particularly enjoyed the chance of marching in their winter dress uniform.
		HMAS Launceston leaves port today, bound for Newcastle in New South Wales.
	www.themercury.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,17112731^3462,00.html (414 words)

	Corvettes 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Returned to Australia in 1945 and served in the Philippines and as a minesweeper in Hong Kong.
		Sold to Turkish Navy as "ANTALYA", then renamed "AYVALIK" after the former HMAS GAWLER had been paid off.
		Escorted HMAS MILDURA as she towed the "Peter H. Burnett" to Sydney.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~mildura/corvettes_3.htm (545 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Bathurst class Minesweepers
		Only 2 of these ships are still in existence, HMAS Castlemaine as a floating museum ship at Williamstown, Victoria, and HMAS Whylla as a tourist display at Whyalla, South Australia.
		HMAS Geelong (J 201) (lost 18 Oct, 1944)
		HMAS Warrnambool (J 202) (lost 13 Sep, 1947)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=141 (117 words)

	Navy League of Australia - State Divisions
		In early 1864 the building, on the Geelong Western Beach, was advertised for sale as "opposite Geelong West railway station".
		During 1910 a dining room and seven additional bedrooms were added and in March 1911, after it had been offered to the Navy with no result, a tenant was secured and the building became a guest house.
		In 1920 the vessels moved to Corio Bay, Geelong where a submarine base was established at Osborne House, still leased by the Department of the Navy.
	navyleag.customer.netspace.net.au /sd_05cb.htm (1058 words)

	No news on plight of asylum seekers - www.theage.com.au
		Moves to overturn regulations excising thousands of islands from Australia's migration zone failed in the Senate as the fate of 14 suspected Turkish Kurds and four Indonesian crew remained in limbo.
		Defence Minister Robert Hill said the patrol boat HMAS Geelong was today towing the fishing boat, which landed on Melville Island on Tuesday, away from the Australian coast.
		But he refused to say where HMAS Geelong might be headed.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/11/07/1068013386676.html (540 words)

	Search for Oppos
		Eddie Urmston ABRP HMAS PERTH (MK2) Eddie was at the launch of HMAS PERTH (MK3) Last known address was in Victoria(near Geelong).
		Any one who is interesred in contacting me from the good old days.I've been in contact with the JR's of 1964 intake and we've had some good reunions,so it would be great to catch up with some old matlows.
		Searching for any crew members of HMAS Perth who remember the incident with the prisoners being taken and then handed over on the 70/71 trip, especially if you were on Ikara deck as the patrol boat took them away.
	www.hmasperth.asn.au /Search.html (1899 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot RAN Combatant Ships In WW2 List
		HMAS Vampire - Sunk in Bay of Bengal 1942
		HMAS Geelong - Sunk in Collision New Guinea 1944
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	www.gunplot.net /shiplists/shiplistb.htm (235 words)

	HMAS Geelong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first HMAS Geelong (J-201) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by the Melbourne Harbour Trust at Williamstown in Victoria on 16 October 1940, launched on 22 April 1941 by Lady Dugan, wife of the Governor of Victoria, and commissioned on 16 January 1942.
		The second HMAS Geelong (P-215) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 15 November 1982, launched on 14 April 1984 and commissioned on 2 June 1984.
		This page was last modified 22:36, 7 February 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Geelong (147 words)

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