The Australian Navy in WW2

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@HiddenHistoryYT 7 ай бұрын

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@claverton 7 ай бұрын

My grandfather served in the RAN from 1919 to 1946. He went through WWII fighting in both the European and Pacific theatres on the light cruiser HMAS Hobart aka "The Lucky Ship" shown at 2:38. Pa told me that during the Coral Sea battle the captain would lie on his back on the upper deck with binoculars watching bombs being dropped from Japanese bombers and he'd give calls to the helmsman to dodge them as they fell. In 1943 they copped a Japanese torpedo killing 13 crew. Badly damaged but they limped back to Sydney. Pa told me they selected older guys (such as him, he was in his early '40's by then) to collect what was left of the bodies (ie body parts) because it was thought they could handle it psychologically better than the younger guys. He said it wasn't pretty. The ship's purser was one of the guys blown up so they couldn't open the ships safe (he had the only key to the safe around his neck). Apparently he was sitting on the gunwale smoking a pipe right where the torpedo hit. They had to fly a safe cracker to the ship via flying boat to open it.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

Thank you to him for his service, a true hero! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@Leon1Aust 2 ай бұрын

My father was on at first HMAS Albatross which sailed to Britain before the war to swap it for and pick up HMAS Hobart I and served on her in the Atlantic, Med, Pacific until she was heavily torpedoed put out of action and put into repairs in the Pacific in July 1943. He was placed on HMAS Australia till May 1944 and she was kamikazed 4 times thus he returned to the repaired HMAS Hobart I around Feb/March 1945 of which he spent the rest of WW2 on, and was in Tokyo bay for the surrender whilst later being stationed at Kure near Hiroshima for 2 years in the Japanese occupational forces. He was a initially a bandsman amongst his more wartime duties and tells me his friend was Athol Guys Father whos son was in a Australian 1960s band called "The seekers" and knew the inventor or son of Cottee's cordial empire ....a certain Mr Cottee.

@claverton 2 ай бұрын

@@Leon1Aust Your father would've known my Grandfather. Pa also served on HMAS Australia when they took the Duke of Gloucester back to England I think in 1934. I remember his vivid descriptions of being bombed in Malta when on the Hobart. Ship they were tied up to got hit and had to cut mooring lines with axes to get away from it. I went to school with a couple of the Cottee boys, good guys

@patrickmccrann991 6 ай бұрын

USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) were not Essex class carriers. They were the lead ships to the Lexington and Yorktown class carriers. The first Essex class carriers were not active until late 1943.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@patrickmccrann991 6 ай бұрын

@@HiddenHistoryYT Thank you. I found the video very informative, just slightly in error. USS Essex (CV-9) was the lead ship of the Essex class of 24 ships completed during or shortly after World War II and served in the United States Navy for over 30 years. Four of these ships; USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Hornet (CV-12), and USS Lexington (CV-16), survive as museum ships to this day. My father served on USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War from 1968-1971. OSCS(SW) USN RET'D 1978-2002

@ShaneKilpatrick-i4t 3 ай бұрын

Our military has never been large, but it has always been well trained and equipped.

@Leon1Aust 2 ай бұрын

At the end of WW2 the RAAF was the 4th largest airforce in the world, not bad for a country of only 8 million.

@HiddenHistoryGaming 7 ай бұрын

Brave country!

@MichaelCampin 6 ай бұрын

The Germans called the Austrailian Navy the Scrapiron Fleet not the Iron Scrap Fleet

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@trevorlewis847 6 ай бұрын

Scrap iron flotilla get it right

@shanerobertson6267 6 ай бұрын

@@trevorlewis847going on spud runs to Tobruk

@davec5153 6 ай бұрын

Lexington and Yorktown were at the battle of the coral sea. The Essex carriers were still being built.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@RayyMusik 7 ай бұрын

10:30 I somehow expected some basic knowledge about carrier classes here.

@Leon1Aust 2 ай бұрын

My father was on at first HMAS Albatross which sailed to Britain before the war to swap it for and pick up HMAS Hobart I and served on her in the Atlantic, Med, Pacific until she was heavily torpedoed put out of action and placed into repairs during the Pacific in July 1943. He was placed on HMAS Australia till May 1944 and she was kamikazed 5 times thus he returned to the repaired HMAS Hobart I, around Feb/March 1945 of which he spent the rest of WW2 on, and was in Tokyo bay for the surrender whilst later being stationed at Kure near Hiroshima for 2 years in the Japanese occupation forces. He was a initially a bandsman amongst his more wartime duties and tells me his friend was Athol Guys Father, whos son was in an Australian band called "The seekers" from the 1960s and another navy friend was from the family or son of the inventors "Cottee's cordials"

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 ай бұрын

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@PaulHumphrey-qo5qn 6 ай бұрын

My cousin Ray Mort, a scientific instrument maker, died on "Centaur". The first his parents new of his deployment was the advice pf his death.

@stevekohl5351 Ай бұрын

The American carryers were not Essex class but earlier designs.

@andrewstackpool4911 7 ай бұрын

You haven't mentioned the Battle of Cape Spada, where HMAS SYDNEY sank the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni and severely damaged another, Banda Nere, the role of the RAN units in the Greek campaign. HMAS Kuttabul was lost in an attack in Sydney Harbour by three A-class Japanese midget submarines that entered the harbour. Two were destroyed, the third managed to get away but was lost a short distance along the coast. The shelling by the Japanese submarines did little damage. If blood is the price of Admiralty, then the RAN in WW1, WW2, Vietnam and in peace and war-related operations has paid the price in full. It is a service with a proud heritage and history and, today, stands as ready as then to engage the enemy and protect Australia and those in peril on or by the sea.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@andrewstackpool4911 6 ай бұрын

@HiddenHistoryYT You too. I appreciate your efforts and hoped do add some more info. We could include Savo Island but will pass for now.

@markswayn2628 7 ай бұрын

Good video. A couple of corrections, the ships in North Africa were called the Scrap Iron Flotilla, not the Iron Scrap Flotilla. The USS Lexington and Yorktown were not Essex Class carriers. There was an Essex Class USS Yorktown, but this was a replacement of the vessel that fought at the Battle of the Coral Sea.

@baritonewoman4702 6 ай бұрын

There was also an Essex class USS Lexington (CV-16) in 1943 to replace the original CV-2 Lexington that was lost at Coral Sea.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@alecblunden8615 7 ай бұрын

Wa re go and, by the way, the V and W's were the Scrap Iron Flottilla.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@realamerican7626 6 ай бұрын

USS Yorktown was a Yorktown-class and the USS Lexington was a Lexington-class carrier

@haggis525 6 ай бұрын

I'll subscribe, like, comment more, share and hit the all notifications bell.... when you do a history of the Royal Canadian Navy from 1910-1946. It's a cool story! Retired Chief on deck 😎

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

It is coming in the next week!

@captaccordion 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I must offer a couple of corrections though. Yarra (ship and river) is locally held to rhyme with cat and not car. Australia's Mediterranean ships were referred to as the Scrap Iron Flotilla, not Iron Scrap. And HMAS Kuttabul was torpedoed at anchor by a midget submarine launched from a large submarine, rather than being shelled as the commentary suggests. Cheers.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@Idahoguy10157 2 ай бұрын

Japan was invading and conquering everywhere in 1942. Australia had reasons to be grateful for winning at Coral Sea. The knowledge Japan had decided no not invade Australia was only known years after WW2

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 ай бұрын

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@EchoesofWarYT 6 ай бұрын

Beasts!

@srtaylor5340 4 ай бұрын

The scrap iron flotilla was made up of HMAS Stuart, Voyager, Vampire, Vendetta and Waterhen. All were recommissioned WW1 destroyers from the Royal Navy.

@markpaul-ym5wg 7 ай бұрын

Your videos keep getting better and better HIDDEN HISTORY.Reminds me of americans accumulating navy as the war progressed.😊😊😊

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

Greatly appreciate that Mark :)

@VoicesofWW2YT 7 ай бұрын

brave country

@avnrulz 6 ай бұрын

In 1938, Japan was already at war with China, not just 'rattling its saber'.

@clmk28 7 ай бұрын

*Yorktown class

@jedicobb1753 6 ай бұрын

Aussie outclassed by the Japanese imperial navy...even the British royal navy ...look at what happened in Singapore ww2

@dovetonsturdee7033 6 ай бұрын

Except, of course that the bulk of the Royal Navy, and most of the Australian Navy, was in the west, or the Mediterranean, at the time. Singapore was invaded from the land, by the way.

@Robert-qi6mb 26 күн бұрын

Australia was that stupid we sank our own flagship.

@robertcameron2808 6 ай бұрын

We sank our flagship how stupid now we have 2 aircraft carrier with no aircraft new patrol boat with no weapons only 3 destroyers to defend Australia the navy in worst shape than before the ww2.

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@scottcannell5584 6 ай бұрын

Robert Cameron what on earth are you talking about 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@keithmcwilliams7424 2 ай бұрын

How com the patrol boats have no guns let alone missiles. Unless.😢

@Joe-jd4pn Ай бұрын

Scrap iron flotilla.

@Dinodancing283 6 ай бұрын

💪🇦🇺😎 - 🇯🇵😭💀

@HiddenHistoryYT 6 ай бұрын

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@glennmay9944 5 күн бұрын

Yorktown and Lexington at CoralSea were NOT Essex Class Carriers. The iron scrap flotilla was The Scrap Iron Floatilla, Tobruk Was Being Held by the AIF Against Rommel at the time, the siege of Tobruk, British Forces lost Tobruk later after Australians relinquished it to them. HMAS Canberra was Sank by The inexperienced US Navy at the time, though this is covered Up, hence USS Canberra, shameful... NAVY SIZES at end of War US, British, Canadian, Russian, Australian...