HMAS Paterson

	HMAS Paterson
History
Australia
Name	Paterson
Launched	10 December 1919
Fate	Foundered 1951
History
Australia
Name	Paterson
Commissioned	1 May 1941
Fate	Returned to owners 1945
General characteristics
Tonnage	446 gross register tonnage
Length	148.8 ft (45 m)
Beam	32.7 ft (10 m)
Depth	11.3 ft (3 m)
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun; 1 × 20mm Oerlikon cannon; 1 × .303-inch Vickers machine gun;

HMAS Paterson (FY. 109) was a wooden auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was built in 1919-20 by T.F. Morrison, Sinclair & Company at Balmain. The ship operated as a coastal steamer and was requisitioned by the RAN in 1941. She was returned to her owners on 26 November 1945 before sinking near The Entrance, New South Wales on 11 June 1951.

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