HMAS Bungaree
HMAS Bungaree in Sydney Harbour | |
| History | |
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| Ordered | April 1936 |
| Builder | Caledon S&E, Dundee |
| Yard number | 362 |
| Launched | 9 February 1937 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs MG Anderson |
| Completed | May 1937 |
| Acquired | requisitioned October 1940 |
| Commissioned | into RAN: 9 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned | from RAN: 7 August 1946 |
| Refit | 1940–41 |
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| Honours & awards | Battle honour: Pacific 1942–43 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Tonnage | 3,043 GRT; 1,592 NRT; 5,190 DWT |
| Length |
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| Beam | 48.7 ft (14.8 m) |
| Draught | 22 ft 3+1⁄4 in (6.79 m) |
| Depth | 20.5 ft (6.2 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | triple-expansion engine + exhaust turbine; 390 NHP; 1,750 ihp |
| Propulsion | 1 × screw |
| Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h) |
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| Complement | as minelayer: 175 |
| Crew | as cargo ship: 41 |
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| Notes | sister ship: Beltana |
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HMAS Bungaree was a cargo steamship. She was built in Scotland in 1937 as Bungaree for the Adelaide Steamship Company of South Australia. The Royal Australian Navy requisitioned her in 1040, and had her converted into a minelayer. She was Australia's only minelayer in the Second World War, and laid more than 10,000 mines. In 1944 she changed rôles, becoming first a survey ship, and then a stores ship. The Navy returned her to her owners in 1947.
In 1957 the Adelaide SS Co sold Bungaree. Her new owners renamed her Dampier, and registered her in Hong Kong. In 1960 she was sold again; renamed Eastern Mariner; and transferred to the Panamanian flag of convenience. In South Vietnam in 1966 a mine damaged her, and then mortar damage sank her. Japanese salvors raised her, and renamed her Kitagawa Maru No. 15. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1968.