Corvette whyalla

In until the end of hostilities Whyalla I served on escort and anti-submarine patrol duty. During the period of March to May she escorted shipping between Manus and the Philippines before returning to Australia for refit in June. This period included participation in the operations for the capture of Okinawa March to May. The ship proceeded to Manus on 2 July for further escort service to the forward areas.

In the immediate post war period the 21st Minesweeping Flotilla proceeded to Hong Kong. Whyalla I , however, served only briefly in Chinese waters. In October she returned to Australia having steamed some , miles on war service. Whyalla I paid off at Brisbane on 16 May The vessels arrived at Melbourne on 14 November. Whyalla I was handed over to her new owner and renamed Rip , being employed as a lights maintenance vessel.

She ceased service as Rip in She returned to Whyalla under her own power later in Between February and April , Whyalla I was slowly moved up the slipway from which she was launched in , and then relocated two kilometres inland and placed on permanent foundations, becoming the centrepiece for the Whyalla Maritime Museum which was officially opened on 29 October ISSN Battle Surface!

Japan's Submarine War Against Australia — Milsons Point: Random House Australia. ISBN Hermon Royal Australian Navy Australia in the War of — Series 2 — Navy. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 13 June Retrieved 23 December During the night of May 31, to June 1, during the Japanese midget submarine attack in Sydney Harbor.

Twelve days later, escorting a southbound convoy when the freighter Guatemala was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I, the only ship lost in a convoy escorted by Whyalla. During December , operated off New Guinea and performed convoy escort, hydrographic survey work. The corvette sustained minor damage from near miss bombs with two crew injured by shrapnel.

Afterwards, continued survey work until relieved by sister ship Shepparton in April Whyalla proceeded to Milne Bay , and was present when the anchorage was attacked by a force of approximately Japanese aircraft. Again, Whyalla was not seriously damaged, and the corvette assisted sister ships Kapunda and Wagga during rescue and salvage effort.

In June returns to Australia for a refit then assigned to convoy duty off the east coast of Australia until February Between February until June , performed anti-submarine patrols off Sandy Cape, then was returned to New Guinea.