HMAS Sirocco

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.

References

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	2 Jan: Ruth Alexander 9 Jan: HMS Vimiera 11 Jan: USAT Liberty 12 Jan: Cyclops, U-374 15 Jan: Empire Bay, U-93, U-577 17 Jan: HMS Gurkha, I-60, HMS Matabele 18 Jan: Bantam 19 Jan: Lady Hawkins 20 Jan: Eidsvold, I-124, USS S-36, Westralia 23 Jan: Navemar, USS Neches 24 Jan: Empire Wildebeeste, Nana Maru, USS S-26 25 Jan: Bruno Heinemann 26 Jan: 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	3 Jan: Krasnyi Kavkaz 10 Jan: U-374 16 Jan: Empire Chief

1941 1942 1943 December 1941 February 1942

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