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AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP BOMBED MANY TIMES (Reed. Aug. 16, 2.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 16. An Australian warship returned to her home waters after serving six months in the Mediterranean. In that period many hundreds of bombs were aimed at her, but she was hit only once. She played a part in the Battle of Matapan, helped in the bombardment of the Libyan coast, took off hundreds of men from Greece and Crete, and bombarded the Vichy forces on the Syrian coast. Four of her complement were decorated for gallantry in fighting a fire which broke out in an ammunition ship lying 30ft. from her stern in Malta harbour. A bomb which struck the warship killed four of her crew and eight soldiers who were being evacuated from Crete. The explosion (iamaged the ship, but she was able to carry on and took all the troops safely to Alexandria. On many occasions bombs just missed. The officers said that during the worst attacks the ship was dripping with water thrown up by bomb explosions.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20637, 18 August 1941, Page 7
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