Pacific ships

RAN · COR

Afloat

Bathurst-class corvette. Off Darwin she dodged a torpedo from I-124 and made the first attack. The kill is shared with Katoomba, Lithgow, and Edsall.

Bathurst classMade the first depth-charge attack on I-124, 20 January 1942. A torpedo from the submarine missed her. Officially credited with Katoomba, Lithgow, and Edsall. Survived the war. Paid off 30 June 1948. Sold for scrap in 1956.

AJ Davis. HMAS Deloraine 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

Sinking of I-124

1942-01-20 · first attack; a torpedo missed her