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	Actions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.
	www.nw.com.au /~stella/actions.htm (1727 words)

	HMAS Sydney [Australian War Memorial]
		On the afternoon of 19 November 1941 the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (Commander Theodor Detmers) was steaming on a northeasterly course off the coast of Western Australia, approximately 150 miles south west of Carnarvon.
		The approaching warship, the light cruiser HMAS Sydney, had sighted the Kormoran and increased speed to intercept her.
		This message was received faintly, in garbled form, by the tug UCO and the wireless station at Geraldton, and, presumably, by the Sydney.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/hmas_sydney/action.htm (903 words)

	HMAS Dubbo - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Dubbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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)

	HMAS Geraldton
		The first HMAS Geraldton (J-178/B-242/A-116) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales, launched on 16 August 1941 by Mrs.
		HMAS Geraldton paid off on 14 June 1946, was sold to the Turkish Navy on 24 August 1946 and renamed Antalya.
		The second HMAS Geraldton is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 3 May 1982, launched on 22 October 1983 and commissioned on 10 December 1983.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hmas_geraldton (194 words)

	HMAS Sydney Geraldton Tourism
		Geraldton is important to the maritime history of Australia.
		HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands in a mysterious battle, believed to be off the Geraldton coast.
		Blazing and under fire from the raider, HMAS Sydney limped off into the evening, she could be seen brightly until 11pm then only occasional flickerings were sighted until HMAS Sydney was gone from sight by midnight.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/hmas_sydney.html (606 words)

	HMAS Sydney Memorial to Australian Servicemen. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		To bring a measure of closure to their families and to comfort them in the knowledge that they are not alone in their grief, and that the whole nation grieves with them.
		This memorial is located on Mount Scott, Geraldton in Western Australia overlooking the City and the Indian Ocean.
		The same ocean where HMAS Sydney fought its last battle and was sunk with the loss of all 645 men.
	www.hmassydney.com.au (90 words)

	Geraldton sails north (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMAS Geraldton's transfer to Darwin will place her closer to the normal area of operation for this hard working patrol boat and will reduce her transit time substantially.
		Her arrival at HMAS Stirling in February 1984 followed on closely the homeporting of the destroyer escort HMAS Stuart in January 1984, which was to lead to the permanent presence of half the RAN's major fleet units by the end of 2000 at Fleet Base West.
		Geraldton conducted a ceremonial departure from Fleet Base West escorted by her sister patrol boat HMAS Bunbury and the diving tender Shark, while tug Tammar provided an impressive 'fire fountain' with her fire fighting equipment.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/editions/2001/09_17_01/story09.htm (384 words)

	Sea Power Centre - Australia
		HMAS GERALDTON was one of sixty Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War II in Australian shipyards as part of the Commonwealth Government’s wartime shipbuilding programme.
		On 11 October 1945 GERALDTON departed Hong Kong for Australia with the remainder of the 22nd Minesweeping Flotilla, arriving in Brisbane on 29 October for docking and leave.
		GERALDTON paid off at Colombo on 14 June 1946 and on 24 August 1946 she was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed ANTALYA.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/geraldton1.html (699 words)

	HMAS Sydney Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The HMAS Sydney was sunk somewhere off the coast of Western Australia after a sunset encounter with the German raider HSK Kormoran.
		Geraldton was also mobilised during the search phase through its RAAF.
		The HMAS Sydney Memorial design is the work of world-renowned sculptors Joan Walsh Smith and Charles Smith.
	members.westnet.com.au /web/gkgibbons/HMAS_Sydney.htm (357 words)

	HMAS Stirling, Fleet Base West, Garden Island
		HMAS Stirling is Australia's largest Fleet Base, capable of supporting half the fleet.
		HMAS Stirling naval base in Cockburn Sound is located 15 kilometers from Fremantle, a densely populated suburb near the state capital Perth.
		HMAS Stirling is also the Headquarters of the Australian Submarine Squadron with all submarine training being carried out in the Navy's large Submarine Systems and Training Centre and the associated seven storey Escape Training Facility on the island.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/stirling.htm (1102 words)

	HMAS Sydney Memorial in Geraldton, Western Australia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Geraldton was also mobilised during the search phase through its R.A.A.F. base and the Port facilities.
		In March, 1999, the Report of the Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into the loss of HMAS Sydney recommended a memorial be constructed in Western Australia, fully funded by the Federal and Western Australian Governments.
		The Federal Government response to that report in July, 2000, was not opposed to the construction of a memorial in Western Australia, but stressed that such an initiative needed to be funded by public subscription and managed by a committee.
	www.hmassydney.com.au /memorial.html (576 words)

	News July 11 2001
		GERALDTON is looking to bag more of the lucrative international backpacker tourism market.
		GERALDTON will be one port of call on an ambitious yet light-hearted fundraising yacht race planned for next year.
		Mr Allen claimed to have raised $300,000 in private investment for the HMAS Perth, but said the region had been beaten by Albany in the bid to receive the vessel.
	www.geraldtonguardian.com.au /Archives/11072001/News/11072001news.htm (1446 words)

	COG News Releases
		AN advisory committee for Geraldton’s HMAS Sydney II Memorial has moved to make public its support for the building of an ablution block, come kiosk on the site.
		HMAS Sydney II Memorial Committee member and City of Geraldton administration manager Brian Robartson, said the committee felt that, as a result of recent media reports the public had a perception that Rotary opposed the addition to the site.
		City of Geraldton voted at its last council meeting to seek comment from the Department of Planning and Infrastructure on a proposal to excise that portion of the site.
	www.geraldton.wa.gov.au /Extranet/newshm.asp?ID=250 (417 words)

	HMAS Echuca - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Echuca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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)

	Historical Encyclopedia of WA - WA Snapshots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Fremantle Doctor is a south-westerly wind; its effects are felt on an average of five out every seven summer days, typically reaching the coast by midday and blowing at between ten and twenty knots during the afternoon, before dying out around sunset.
		Greenough is a rural farming community located on fertile flats stretching approximately 12-25km south of Geraldton.
		HMAS Sydney (1934—41) was a light cruiser of the British modified Leander class.
	www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /wa_snapshots (9969 words)

	At The Sharp End (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		GERALDTON took the fishing boat, the Pelita Jaya to the Willie Creek detention mooring just north of Broome where the vessel and crew were handed over to fisheries inspectors.
		Earlier GERALDTON played a supporting role to 1200 personnel and elements of both the Australian Army and the Army Reserve during Exercise Spiderman '98.
		GERALDTON's primary roles were more subtle and included covert insertions and extractions, in particular A Squadron 10 Light horse and 161 Reconnaissance Squadron.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/1998/12_14_98/story6.htm (311 words)

	Another boat detection by Coastwatch
		The suspected illegal entrants are of Middle-Eastern origin and the group includes nine women, five children and five Indonesian crew.
		The vessel is now being escorted to the mainland by HMAS Dubbo and HMAS Geraldton.
		HMAS Wollongong will relieve HMAS Geraldton during the escort operation.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/21248/20020501/law.gov.au/aghome/agnews/2000newsjus/50_00.htm (147 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		Illustrating as an example of the practical cooperation between the two navies, the crews of HMAS Dubbo and HMAS Geraldton were delighted to welcome aboard their ships two officers from the Royal Brunei Navy, who sailed with the Australian ships from Darwin to Brunei.
		The exercise is the 12th in a series of a biannual exercises between the two navies hosted by the RBN.
		Geraldton, have seen 20 years of service since being commissioned in 1984.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Aug04/140804/nite08.htm (528 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		Another Royal Australian Navy patrol vessel, HMAS Geraldton, is also visiting Brunei along with HMAS Dubbo.
		HMAS Geraldton has travelled, like HMAS Dubbo, well over 500,000 nautical miles in its 20 years of service, conducting many overseas deployments and countless patrols in Australian waters.
		This year also saw the Geraldton deployed to the Solomon Islands to take part in the regional assistance mission known as Operation Anode.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Aug04/160804/nite09.htm (327 words)

	HMAS Geraldton - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Two ships of the Royal_Australian_Navy have been named for the port of Geraldton in Western_Australia.
		''HMAS Geraldton'' paid off on 14_June 1946, was sold to the Turkish_Navy on 24_August 1946 and renamed ''Antalya''.
		---- The second ''HMAS Geraldton'' is a Fremantle_class_patrol_boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 3_May 1982, launched on 22_October 1983 and commissioned on 10_December 1983.
	www.indexsuche.com /HMAS_Geraldton.html (142 words)

	D.E.S.S. Home Page
		HMAS Swan the major overhaul of 2 x 1Mw Paxman auxiliary Diesel generators.
		HMAS Geraldton To remove and refit auxiliary engine and realign main gearbox.
		HMAS Hobart docked at Garden Island Sydney, to supply service engineers to carry out overhaul on Starboard main generator a 1Mw Detroit.
	www.dess.com.au /content/projects.html (766 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Memorial to HMAS Sydney and her crew is dedicated at Geraldton in Western Australia- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Perched high on Mount Scott, overlooking both the township of Geraldton, some 400 kilometres north of Perth, and the Indian Ocean sits a magnificent new memorial to HMAS Sydney, and her crew, all 645 of whom were lost,
		The Rotary Club of Geraldton initiated the building of this memorial, and on the 19th.
		At the centre of the stone work, a ship’s propellor is positioned as the altar, and the formal place where wreaths may be layed as and when appropriate.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/MemorialtoHMASSydney.html (647 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
		Users of the web site shall only be entitled to copy the web site for their own personal use and may not republish or reproduce any substantial part of the web site in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of the owner.
	www.gunplot.net /shiplists/shiplistb.htm (235 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 Wallaroo (J 222) (lost 11 Jun, 1943)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=141 (117 words)

	ABC Western Australia » Defence Forces Contingent - Navy
		HMAS Stirling also known as FLEET BASE WEST was commissioned on 28 July 1978, and is today the largest base in the Royal Australian Navy and is home to 2300 service personnel.
		Three guided-missile frigates, HMAS Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin are also based there along with the first three of Australia's new Collins-class submarines, HMAS Collins, Farncomb and Waller.
		Each of the Services continues to operate its own respective site at HMAS Stirling, Guildford and Pearce, but the combining of all similar functions is expected to reap major benefits in cost savings to the ADF and therefore to the Australian people.
	www.abc.net.au /wa/anzac/ran.htm (462 words)

	The War Years - Page 2
		HMAS BUNBURY collided with HM Submarine SEA ROVER, December 17, 1944
		Tubby Walsh (ex MILDURA) was a survivor the collision between aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE and destroyer HMAS VOYAGER off the New South Wales coast in February 1964.
		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)

	Op Anode :: Images and Video
		On 28 Dec 03, at approximately 06:15hrs Navy Patrol boat HMAS Cessnock rescued 13 fishermen when their vessel, the Pacific Tarker 116, ran aground on Roncondor Reef approximately 200 nautical miles north of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
		HMAS Manoora returns from the Solomon Islands to Fleet Base East, Garden Island, Sydney.
		During her deployment, HMAS Hawkesbury was involved in providing humanitarian aid support, maritime surveillance and boarding operations.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/36982/20040316/www.defence.gov.au/opanode/gallery.htm (2372 words)

	Albany, Western Australia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Natural sights are also numerous, especially the rugged coast which includes the Natural Bridge and the Gap.
		The HMAS Perth was sunk in the King George Sound in 2001 as a dive wreck.
		Albany is also a close to two mountain ranges, the Porongorups and Stirling Ranges.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/albany,_western_australia.htm (502 words)

	Australia's National Local Government Newspaper Online >> Editions > 2003 > June
		The new tourist map and visitors’ guide is an initiative of the Geraldton Visitor Centre in association with the City of Geraldton, which contributed $5,000 towards production costs.
		The map details five self drive tours from Geraldton, taking in the area between Port Denison in the South and Kalbarri in the north, and inland to Tardun.
		City of Geraldton Executive Manager Technical Services, Geoff Shoemark, said his staff had worked closely with the Visitor Centre and publishers to supply the most up to date information available.
	www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net /editions/2003/june/touristmap.shtml (273 words)

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