Forceful (tugboat)
Forceful is a sea-going tugboat built for the Queensland Tug Company by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd in Govan, Scotland in 1925. She worked at her homeport of Brisbane, Australia between 1926 and 1970 berthing ships and assisting nearby casualties. During World War II she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in early 1942 as HMAS Forceful (W126), based at Fremantle and Darwin, until returning to commercial service in October 1943. She is preserved as a museum ship at Brisbane.
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Forceful (tugboat)
Forceful is a sea-going tugboat built for the Queensland Tug Company by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd in Govan, Scotland in 1925. She worked at her homeport of Brisbane, Australia between 1926 and 1970 berthing ships and assisting nearby casualties. During World War II she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in early 1942 as HMAS Forceful (W126), based at Fremantle and Darwin, until returning to commercial service in October 1943. She is preserved as a museum ship at Brisbane.
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Forceful is a sea-going tugboa ...... as a museum ship at Brisbane.
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Le Forceful est un remorqueur ...... comme navire-musée à Brisbane.
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1970-09-28
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1926-03-07
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1942-02-16
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1943-10-11
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1925-11-20
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Museum ship at theQueensland Maritime Museumsince 10 June 1971
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Returned to civilian owners
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Ship armament
One Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, one Vickers machine gun
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Ship builder
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Govan, Scotland
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Forceful docked at the Queensland Maritime Museum in 2008
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1942-02-16
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Australia
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1943-10-11
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Brisbane
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*Battle honours:
*Darwin 1942-1943
*Pacific 1941-43
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1925-11-20
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Queensland Tug Company
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Requisitioned by RAN
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Returned to civilian owners
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Forceful is a sea-going tugboa ...... as a museum ship at Brisbane.
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Le Forceful est un remorqueur ...... comme navire-musée à Brisbane.
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Forceful (remorqueur)
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Forceful (tugboat)
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