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History
Australia
Name Sirocco
History
Australia
Name Sirocco
Fate Burnt to the waterline in 1942
HMAS Sirocco (Q21) was a channel patrol boat operated by the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II .
Sirocco was destroyed by fire and burnt to the waterline at Hobart on 26 January 1942.
Cassells, Vic (1995), For those in peril- : a comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the wars of the twentieth century , Kangaroo Press, ISBN 978-0-86417-734-6
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1942
Shipwrecks
1 Jan: Malama
2 Jan: Mercedes , Ruth Alexander
3 Jan: USS Iona
8 Jan: Tornator
9 Jan: HMS Vimiera
11 Jan: USAT Liberty
12 Jan: Cyclops , HNLMS Prins van Oranje , U-374
14 Jan: Chepo
15 Jan: Empire Bay , U-93 , U-577
17 Jan: HMS Gurkha , I-60 , HMS Matabele
18 Jan: Bantam , Hai-Kan No. 6
19 Jan: Lady Hawkins
20 Jan: Eidsvold , I-124 , Banshu Maru No. 52 , USS S-36 , Westralia
23 Jan: Navemar , USS Neches
24 Jan: Empire Wildebeeste , Nana Maru , USS S-26
25 Jan: Z8 Bruno Heinemann
26 Jan: Refast , HMAS Sirocco
27 Jan: Harpa , I-73 , HMS Thanet
30 Jan: USCGC Alexander Hamilton , USC&GS Research
31 Jan: HMS Belmont , HMS Culver , Spreewald
Unknown date: HMS Triumph
Other incidents