Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, July 20
Traditional Burial at Sea
Their shipmates honored. The scene of a traditional burial at sea, after the cruiser HMAS
Hobart
was struck by a torpedo from the Japanese submarine
I-11
while returning from a Coral Sea patrol on July 20, 1943. Regarded as the RAN's 'lucky ship' until then,
Hobart
lost 13 men dead and seven wounded. She was to be out of service for 18 months.