| The Minesweepers of the RAN - Introducing the ships |
| HMAS Snipe HMAS Snipe (M-1102) was a Ton class minesweeper built as HMS Alcaston for the Royal Navy by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Southampton and launched on 4 September 1952. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 1961 and commissioned as HMAS Snipe on 11 September 1962. HMAS Snipe paid off on 3 June 1983.She was sold in 1985 to be broken up. |
| HMAS Curlew HMAS Curlew (M-1121) was a Ton class minesweeper built by the Montrose Shipyard in England and commissioned as HMS Chediston. She was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 1961 and commissioned on 21 August 1962. HMAS Curlew paid off on 30 April 1990 and was sold on 17 June 1991. Now in private hands in Tasmania. Used during the filming of "Paradise Road" (1997) and "The Thin Red Line" (1998). |
| HMAS Hawk HMAS Hawk (M-1139) was a Ton class minesweeper built as HMS Somerleyton for the Royal Navy by Richards Ironworks at Lowestoft in England, purchased by Australia in 1961 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 18 July 1962. HMAS Hawk paid off on 7 January 1972.Sold in 1976 to be broken up For more photos of the Hawk and her crew, Click Here |
| HMAS Ibis HMAS Ibis (M-1183) was a Ton class minesweeper built as HMS Singleton for the Royal Navy by the Montrose Shipyard in Scotland, purchased by Australia in 1961 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 7 September 1962. HMAS Ibis paid off on 16 January 1968.Sold in 1985 to be broken up. For more photos of the Ibis and her crew Click Here |
| HMAS Teal HMAS Teal (M-1152) was a Ton class minesweeper built by Philip and Son in England for the Royal Navy as HMS Jackton and launched on 28 February 1955. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Teal on 30 August 1962. HMS Teal paid off on 14 August 1970. Sold in October 1977 to I.B. & G.I.Baker of Margate, Tasmania. A press report in February 1984 stated that the ship had been bought at auction in Sydney in December 1983 by Messrs Max Murray of Dover, Tasmania, and John Buckpitt and Michael O'May, both of Huon, Tasmania. It was reported that she was to be converted from a prawn trawler to an abalone catch and fish process vessel. She is now believed to be in service in Queensland waters with a tourist operator, and as far as we know she is still somewhere in Queensland. For more photos of the Teal and her crew, Click Here |
| HMAS Gull HMAS Gull (M-1185) was a Ton class minesweeper built by J. S. Doig Limited at Grimsby in England as HMS Swanston for the Royal Navy, purchased by Australia in 1961 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 19 July 1962. HMAS Gull paid off on 7 November 1969.Sold in June 1976 to and broken up in 1987. For more photos of the Gull and her crew, Click Here |
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