HMAS Bungaree
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAS Bungaree |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & AEngineering Co Ltd, Dundee, Scotland |
| In service | 9 Jun 1941 |
| Out of service | 7 Aug 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary Minelayer |
| Tonnage | 3.043 tons |
| Length | 357.18 feet (108.87m) |
| Beam | 48.66 feet (14.83m) |
| Depth | 20.5 feet (6.25m) |
| Propulsion | coal fired turbines |
| Speed | 10.5 knots |
| Capacity | 179 crew |
Remarks
Requisitioned on 10 Oct 1940, she was converted in Sydney and commissioned just prior to completion. Used to lay defensive minefields near Port Moresby, Torres Strait and near two passaged through the Great Barrier Reef. In February 1942 she laid mones in New Caledonian waters, and off Auckland, New Zealand in March 1942. In the later period of 1942 she was used for convoy escort duties along the east coast of Australia, to New Zealand and Noumea. Returned to her mine laying duties in late 1942, she underwent a refit in early 1943
On sold twice, and renamed in 1960 to Eastern Mariner. On 26 May 1966 she struck a mine in the Saigon River, South Vietnam and sank.