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The Scrap Iron Flotilla was an Australian destroyer group that operated in the Mediterranean and Pacific during World War Two. The name Scrap Iron Flotilla was bestowed upon the group by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
The flotilla consisted of five Royal Australian Navy (RAN) destroyers. The five ships of the flotilla had been Royal Navy ships that had been built and served during the First World War and transferred to the RAN in the 1930s. HMAS Waterhen was sunk in the Mediterranean in 1941, HMAS Vampire was sunk in the Indian Ocean in 1942, and HMAS Voyager was sunk near Timor in 1942. HMAS Stuart and HMAS Vendetta survived the war.
Location
| Address: | Dial Street, Shropshire Naval Memorial Park, Ulverstone, 7315 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.153333 Long: 146.169444 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
Scrap Iron Flotilla
1939 - 1945
H. M. A. Ships
Stuart Vampire Vendetta Voyager Waterhen
Calabria, Greece, Crete, Matapan, Libya, Tobruk,
Malta Convoys, Malaya, Timor, Pacific 1942 - 1945
To commemorate a proud chapter in the R.A.N. history written by the men who served in these destroyers.
