John Betty submitted this article for the Naval Officer’s Club competition in May 2002. It was awarded second prize. Sadly, he did not live to collect it. Logistics: the art ...
Japanese raid on Darwin
Naval Action at Darwin – 19 February 1942
Some Truths About Darwin and the Air Raid – 19 Feb 1942
The Attack on Darwin – A Pictorial Record
HMAS Platypus & The Darwin Raid – 1942
HMAS Platypus in Darwin during blitz 19 February 1942
HMAS PLATYPUS was built in England during WWI as a Submarine Tender to the ’J’ class Submarines and as such she had workshops, oil stowage and storage for torpedoes. Platypus ...