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HMAS Yarra II
The loss of HMAS Yarra, 4 March 1942
HMAS Yarra, the Royal Australian Navy sloop sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron in a gallant but hopeless defence of her convoy in the Indian Ocean, south of Java, on 4 March 1942. A total of 138 of her company were lost, including her commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Robert Rankin
Persian Gulf, August 1941. Aerial port side view of the sloop HMAS Yarra
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- Document - Loss of HMAS Yarra II 4 March 1942
- HMAS Yarra II brief history
