| 1939 | ||||
| Monday 4th September 1939 | ||||
| On This Day Monday 4th September 1939 In the early hours of the morning a 6 inch gun at the Fort Nepean Coast Artillery Battery, Victoria, fires a round across the bows of a freighter after it ignored signals to stop for an inspection whilst attempting to leave Port Phillip. The Ship, SS Woniora (an Australian ship) then stopped (Second World War). | ||||
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