Yarra Was An Old Sloop In 1941

YARRA was an old Sloop Yarra was an old ship in 1941...........about a 10 year old Sloop She was a small Destroyer with three 4 inch guns... So she sunk the Babr in an attack in old Iran......it had 4inch guns the Babr.... And she dodged the Stukas at Tobruk, this small tin can.... Leading Seaman R Taylor was on the no2 gun... He was a good shot, when driving off the Hun... The Captain called the Black Prince, was Harrington, a good one... Yarra drove the Stukas off, downed 4 planes in 41... She escorted supplies to Tobruk, to feed the Aussie boys ... Tobruk would frustrate Rommell, Aussies destroyed his tanks like toys.... 42 brought the Japanese war, much closer to their own .... So Yarra went to Singapore, on escort duty home .... 4th march in 42, Yarra was heading south again.... With a small convoy, met warships from Japan.... 3 cruisers with big 8 inch guns, Yarra had no chance, for sure... Yarra turned and went for them, outgunned 10 times and more... Yarra soon was a burning blazing wreck, abandon ship was called.... One lone gun was shooting at the Jap, Pommy prisoners recalled?.... From the Japanese Cruiser Maya, they saw a sloop defy.... No 2 gun still shooting, Taylor and Yarra die... Don Johnson 7-Aug-09 Yarra fought the lethal Stuka 87 German dive bombers , and Italian bombers on the Tobruk run... She dodged bombs , after they were dropped and dodged torpedoes from them too.... Yarra on her final day with her three 4 inch guns came up against 3 Japanese Cruisers with several 8 inch guns each, plus 2 Japanese Destroyers who also outgunned her.... Later in 1944 US Submarines Darter and Dace sank 2 of those cruisers Atago and Maya. Yarra fought the 3 Japanese cruisers and died fighting One gun kept shooting thought the ship was afire and sinking.........Seaman R Taylor the brave! http://www.scullywag.com/kokoda1942stoush/