HMAS Toorie
HMAS Toorie was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Built in 1925 by the Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle for Dorman Long, Sydney as Sir Arthur Dorman. She was sold in 1928 to the Adelaide Steamship Company ownership and renamed Toorie. She was utilised along the Queensland coast as a sugar lighter between shore to larger vessels offshore. Toorie requisitioned by the RAN in late 1940 and commissioned on 14 January 1941 as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was decommissioned in January 1943 and returned to her owners after reconversion work.
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HMAS Toorie
HMAS Toorie was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Built in 1925 by the Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle for Dorman Long, Sydney as Sir Arthur Dorman. She was sold in 1928 to the Adelaide Steamship Company ownership and renamed Toorie. She was utilised along the Queensland coast as a sugar lighter between shore to larger vessels offshore. Toorie requisitioned by the RAN in late 1940 and commissioned on 14 January 1941 as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was decommissioned in January 1943 and returned to her owners after reconversion work.
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HMAS Toorie was an auxiliary m ...... wners after reconversion work.
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1941-01-14
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4,48056e+1
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8,10768e+0
ship launched
1925-04-27
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Broken up in 1956
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Ship builder
Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle
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Ship commissioned
1941-01-14
Ship country
Australia
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Ship decommissioned
January 1943
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Ship fate
Broken up in 1956
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Ship identification
UK Official Number: 152014
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Ship launched
1925-04-27
Ship name
*Sir Arthur Dorman
*Toorie
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Toorie
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Ship owner
*Dorman Long, Sydney
*Adelaide Steamship Company
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Ship propulsion
Single screw triple expansion steam engine
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HMAS Toorie was an auxiliary m ...... wners after reconversion work.
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HMAS Toorie
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*Sir Arthur Dorman (1925-1928)
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*Toorie (1928-1956)
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Toorie
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