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0000095681 00000 n the kill. It wasn't long before the Jap Cruisers opened fire. In June and July Yarra was employed on guard ship duty off the Tawau area. The period of January to March 1966 saw Yarra participate in Joint Unit Control exercises in the Sydney and Jervis Bay areas before departing for the Far East Station in late March. [1] The antisubmarine warship operated from 1961 to 1985. 0000001710 00000 n Each low funnel is detailed with brass tuning to represent piping and vents. Please use The ship has undergone nine refits and 13 dockings. This memoriai is a touching reminder of Willamstown's links to the sea. 0000697425 00000 n Booklet from the launch of Torpedo Boat Destroyer HMAS Yarra. HMAS Yarra DE 45 - Facebook not before Yarra had scored at least one being withdrawn and it was time to hastily leave the area. They had made the spud . A total of 138 of her company were lost, including her commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Robert Rankin. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. In preparation for the daily Last Post Ceremony. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. THe Yarra served in Libya and the East Indies, what we would call Indonesia. [9] After this was completed, on 22 August 1932 the hulk was towed to sea and sunk as a target off Sydney (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}3400S 15136E / 34.000S 151.600E / -34.000; 151.600), or scuttled off Sydney Heads on 11 June 1931. HMAS Yarra (U77), a Grimsby-class sloop commissioned in 1936 and was lost on 4 March 1942 while defending a convoy from seven Japanese . (tons): 1,060 Standard, 1,500 Full Load, Dimensions armed sloop of some 1030 tons), who had only just relieved the