HMAS Durraween
HMAS Durraween (F93) was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. The ship was built as a trawler by Collingwood Shipbuilding Company at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, and launched in 1918 as Seville. The ship served briefly in the Royal Canadian Navy during the last months of World War I, before being laid up and sold to a British company. In 1928, she was sold to Sydney-based fishing company and operated in Australian waters until she was requisitioned by the RAN in mid-1940 for use as an auxiliary minesweeper during World War II. Durraween operated in the Bass Strait as part of Minesweeping Group 54, and was responsible for clearing mines laid by German merchant raiders, and then later operated around the Torres Strait. She was returned to
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HMAS Durraween
HMAS Durraween (F93) was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. The ship was built as a trawler by Collingwood Shipbuilding Company at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, and launched in 1918 as Seville. The ship served briefly in the Royal Canadian Navy during the last months of World War I, before being laid up and sold to a British company. In 1928, she was sold to Sydney-based fishing company and operated in Australian waters until she was requisitioned by the RAN in mid-1940 for use as an auxiliary minesweeper during World War II. Durraween operated in the Bass Strait as part of Minesweeping Group 54, and was responsible for clearing mines laid by German merchant raiders, and then later operated around the Torres Strait. She was returned to
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HMAS Durraween (F93) was an au ...... 45, and was broken up in 1952.
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HMAS Durraween – trałowiec pom ...... o Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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commissioning date
1940-07-29
decommissioning date
1945-11-01
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3.831336e+1
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Returned to civilian service in 1946, broken up in 1952
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739,207,849
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*1 × 12-pounder gun
*1 × 20mm Oerlikon cannon
*4 × .303-inch Vickers machine gun
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Red Funnell Trawler Pty Ltd
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HMAS Durraween (F93) was an au ...... es Strait. She was returned to
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HMAS Durraween – trałowiec pom ...... o Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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HMAS Durraween
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HMAS Durraween
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