This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history
This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ships, a project to improve all Ship-related articles. If you would like to help improve this and other articles, please join the project, or contribute to the project discussion. All interested editors are welcome. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.ShipsWikipedia:WikiProject ShipsTemplate:WikiProject ShipsShips
Battle of Savo Island.
At the time of the battle, HMAS Australia was not present. She had been taken away by Vice Admiral Crutchley (RAN) to a conference among commanders of other elements of the Guadalcanal landings. [1]PKKloeppel (talk) 15:18, 23 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
^The shame of Savo: anatomy of a naval disaster, Bruce Loxton with Chris Coulthard-Clark pp. 111ff.