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HMAS Nestor

Australian Naval History on 6 August 1941

On This Day · Aug 6, 1941 ·

HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), attacked a surfaced German submarine off Gibraltar. The submarine fired a torpedo which passed down the destroyer’s length. ...

Australian Naval History on 24 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 24, 1941 ·

C-in-C, Mediterranean, ADML A. B. Cunningham, signalled HMAS NESTOR:- ‘I hasten to add my congratulations and those of all in Force H. Another good piece of work by NESTOR. You ...

Australian Naval History on 22 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 22, 1941 ·

Two torpedoes fired by a submarine under attack passed beneath HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), in an action 70 miles north of Cape Bougaroni, North Africa. ...

Australian Naval History on 21 July 1941

On This Day · Jul 21, 1941 ·

The Naval Auxiliary Patrol was established as a formation of the RAN. A volunteer patrol had operated from Australian ports from the outbreak of WWII. In the first 10 days ...

Australian Naval History on 27 May 1941

On This Day · May 27, 1941 ·

The German battleship BISMARCK was sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean. HMAS NESTOR, (destroyer), was one of the ships involved in the hunt. Other RAN personnel, then serving in British ...

Australian Naval History on 8 May 1941

On This Day · May 8, 1941 ·

HMAS NESTOR’S log recorded:- ‘At 2100 what we believed to be the conning tower of a submarine was sighted on the port bow and course was altered to ram. However ...

Australian Naval History on 7 May 1941

On This Day · May 7, 1941 ·

The 6th Destroyer Flotilla, of which included HMAS NESTOR, captured a German weather ship in the Arctic. ...

Australian Naval History on 3 February 1941

On This Day · Feb 3, 1941 ·

The N class destroyer HMAS NESTOR, (CMDR G.S. Stewart, RAN), was commissioned at Fairfield Shipbuilding on the Clyde, Scotland. She was laid down in Fairfield’s in 1939, and launched on ...

Australian Naval History on 9 July 1940

On This Day · Jul 9, 1940 ·

HMA Ships SYDNEY, (cruiser), STUART, VAMPIRE, and VOYAGER, (destroyers), participated in the Battle of Calabria. The signal, ‘Enemy battle fleet in sight,’ was hoisted for the first time in the ...

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