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CA Shropshire
Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Shropshire 1926/02/24
William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, Scotland 		1928/07/05 1929/09/12 1954/07/16
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:42: 7x20 added; 42(later): 3x20 added; 45: torpedo tubes removed, 11x40 replaced 20mm guns
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09/18       joinPac - Fremantle   108 
43/10/28 44/08   74     108 
43/10/29 43/10/3?     sail from Sydney to Brisbane   108 
43/11/15 43/11/15   74 Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/12/14 43/12/16 Direct 74.1 land Arawe Peninsula, New Britain   108 
43/12/2? 44/01/0? Dexter 74 land Cape Gloucester   81 
44/03/04 44/03/07 Brewer 74 shell Hauwei Is, Admiralties   66  86 
44/04/18 44/05/04 Reckle 74 land Hollandia   108 
44/05/15 44/05/2? Straig 74.1 land Wakde   81  108 
44/05?       damage(bomb from B-24)   81 
44/06 44/07     Sydney - repairs   81 
44/07/1?       shell Aitape   108 
44/07/28 44/08/0? Globe 74 land Cape Sansapor   108 
44/08/20       shell coast off Marubian   108 
44/08/22     74 Admiralty Is.   8  11 
44/09/0? 44/09/25 Trade 74/77.2 land Morotai   66  108 
44/10 44/11 King2 77.3     81 
44/10/24 44/10/25   RightFor xSuriga  
44/12/26 44/12/2?     sail from Manus to Leyte   108 
44/12/30 45/02 Mike1 77.2.1     81  105 
45/02   Mike1 77.2 land Corregidor   81 
45/04/2? 45/05/0? Oboe1 74.3 land Tarakan   81 
45/06/07 45/06/16 Oboe2 74 land Brunei Bay   81 
45/06/2? 45/07/03 Oboe6 74.1 land Balikpapan   81  108 
45/06/22   Oboe2 74.1 departed Brunei Bay for Tawi Tawi   108 
45/08/27 45/09     Tokio Bay   108 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

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