HMAS Doomba

Ships and Boats

HMAS Doomba was a Royal Australian Navy warship during World War II. She was built for the Royal Navy as the Hunt-class minesweeper HMS Wexford, then sold after being decommissioned in 1921. Renamed SS Doomba, she operated as a passenger ship near Brisbane until the Royal Australian Navy requisitioned her in 1939. She later served as an auxiliary minehunter and anti-submarine vessel, before being sold in 1946 and scuttled in 1976.

Original name and role: HMS Wexford, a Hunt-class minesweeper
World War II roles: Auxiliary minehunter and auxiliary anti-submarine vessel
Final disposition: Scuttled off Dee Why, New South Wales, in 1976

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Article: HMAS Doomba (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q5630323
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