HMAS Tolga
HMAS Tolga was an auxiliary minesweeper which served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Tolga was built in 1925 by the Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle for Dorman Long, Sydney as Dorlonco. She was renamed Sydney as the Sir T. Hugh Bell in 1926. She was sold to the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1930 and renamed Tolga. She was utilised along the Queensland coast as a sugar lighter between shore to larger vessels offshore. Tolga was requisitioned by the RAN in 1940 and commissioned as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was attached to Minesweeping Group 70, based at Darwin. In 1942, she was converted to a water carriers and later as a stores carrier. Purchased by the RAN in 1946, she was paid off on 3 March 1946. Surveys determined that she had deteriorat
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HMAS Tolga
HMAS Tolga was an auxiliary minesweeper which served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Tolga was built in 1925 by the Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle for Dorman Long, Sydney as Dorlonco. She was renamed Sydney as the Sir T. Hugh Bell in 1926. She was sold to the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1930 and renamed Tolga. She was utilised along the Queensland coast as a sugar lighter between shore to larger vessels offshore. Tolga was requisitioned by the RAN in 1940 and commissioned as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was attached to Minesweeping Group 70, based at Darwin. In 1942, she was converted to a water carriers and later as a stores carrier. Purchased by the RAN in 1946, she was paid off on 3 March 1946. Surveys determined that she had deteriorat
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HMAS Tolga was an auxiliary mi ...... o transport back to Australia.
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decommissioning date
1946-03-03
length (μ)
4,48056e+1
ship beam (μ)
8,10768e+0
status
Scuttled in 1946
Sold in 1946.
Wikipage page ID
35.547.023
Wikipage revision ID
739.358.183
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Ship honours
*Battle honours:
*Darwin 1942-43
Ship identification
UK Identification Number: 152004
Ship launched
Ship propulsion
Triple expansion engine
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HMAS Tolga was an auxiliary mi ...... rmined that she had deteriorat
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HMAS Tolga
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*Dorlonco (1925-1926)
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*Sir T. Hugh Bell (1926-1930)
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*Tolga (1930-1946)
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Tolga
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