Ships Log 2

November 1941

November 1: Anchored off Iron Pot, Tasmania. Provided anti-submarine protection for HMT QUEEN ELIZABETH as far as Cape Raoul.
November 2-4: On patrol eastern Bass Strait. Floating mine discovered and destroyed.
November 5: Arrived Williamstown 2200.
November 6-7: At Melbourne.
November 8: Sailed for Hobart with 20th Minesweeping Flotilla.
November 10: Arrived Hobart 1235.
November 11-12: In Hobart.
November 13: Sailed for Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, with flotilla at 1050.
November 14-19: Sweeping Storm Bay when weather permitted. Anchored in Adventure Bay.
November 20-25: Arrived Hobart 0945. Boiler cleaning and refuelling.
November 26-30: Returned to sweep Storm Bay, anchoring in Adventure Bay.

Crew members in Hobart, November 1941
"Slaggy" Bennetts, Alf Hardy, Ted Clark and (?)

December 1941

Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, entrance to Port Phillip Bay

December 4: Departed Melbourne 0900 on passage to Sydney with WARREGO, SWAN, LITHGOW and WARRNAMBOOL.
December 6: Arrived Woolloomooloo at 1200 and refuelled.
December 7-12: At Woolloomooloo
December 13: Duty ship, Sydney Harbour
December 15: Working at sea with anti-submarine training class. Escorted HMT QUEEN ELIZABETH inwards.
December 16: Duty ship, Sydney Harbour.
December 17: Provided anti-submarine escort for ORMISTON, in company with LE TRIOMPHANT and LITHGOW.
December 18: Returned to Sydney with LITHGOW at 1115.
December 19: Duty ship, Sydney Harbour.
December 20: Investigated unknown vessel 12 miles of Sydney. Identified as KINA II.
December 22: Duty ship, Sydney Harbour. On A/S duty off Sydney Heads when rammed by the SS BERWICKSHIRE at 2150. Returned to Garden Island.
December 23-26: Temporary repairs being made at Garden Island.
December 27-31: At Mort's Dock, Balmain for permanent repairs.

Crew members, December 1941
From left ?, Wright, ?,?, Len Fitzgerald, ?, Norm Davidson

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