WAR HISTORY AND FACTS

WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTRALIA ON THIS DATE 19 JUNE. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 195 days remain until the end of the year. World Sickle Cell Day (International) EVENTS: 1884:  SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PROTECTION ..The steel twin-screw gunboat Protector was commissioned. Protector was laid down in Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, for service with the South Australian Government. Heavily armed for her size Protector was practically a small cruiser. ..HMCS (later HMAS) Protector was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the 'Russian scare', of the 1870s. She arrived in Adelaide in September 1884 and subsequently served in the Boxer Rebellion, World War I and World War II. ..During July 1943, Protector was requisitioned for war service by the U.S. A...

WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTRALIA ON THIS DATE 19 JUNE. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 195 days remain until the end of the year. World Sickle Cell Day (International) EVENTS: 1884:  SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PROTECTION ..The steel twin-screw gunboat Protector was commissioned. Protector was laid down in Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, for service with the South Australian Government. Heavily armed for her size Protector was practically a small cruiser. ..HMCS (later HMAS) Protector was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the 'Russian scare', of the 1870s. She arrived in Adelaide in September 1884 and subsequently served in the Boxer Rebellion, World War I and World War II. ..During July 1943, Protector was requisitioned for war service by the U.S. A...