HMAS Kookaburra
HMAS Kookaburra (A331) was a Net-class boom defence vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), which served during World War II.
HMAS Kookaburra docked at Garden Island | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Builder | Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 4 July 1938 |
| Launched | 29 October 1938 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1946 |
| Recommissioned | November 1950 |
| Decommissioned | November 1950 |
| Recommissioned | 11 May 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 3 December 1958 |
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| Fate | Sold in August 1965, scuttled in March 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Net-class Boom Defence Vessel |
| Displacement | 533 tons |
| Length | 160 ft (49 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple-expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × 3-inch anti-aircraft gun, 2 × Vickers machine guns |
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