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HMAS Gull

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Name
  
Swanston

Fate
  
Sold to Australia

Acquired
  
1961

Length
  
46 m

Displacement
  
399,200 kg

Builder
  
J. S. Doig Limited

Name
  
Gull

Commissioned
  
19 July 1962

Weight
  
447.1 tons

Draft
  
2.4 m


HMAS Gull (M 1185) (formerly HMS Swanston) was a Ton-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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Construction

The ship was built by J. S. Doig Limited at Grimsby, England for the RN. The ship was commissioned as HMS Swanston.

Australia

The minesweeper was sold to the RAN in 1961, and was recommissioned as HMAS Gull on 19 July 1962.

During the mid-1960s, Gull was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. This service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".

Decommissioning and fate

HMAS Gull paid off on 7 November 1969.

References

HMAS Gull Wikipedia


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