Name Marlean Name HMAS Marlean | Completed 1938 | |
Builder J. Williams & Sons, Bayview Honours and
awards Battle honours
Darwin 1942 Fate Burnt to the waterline in 1944 | ||
HMAS Marlean (Q20) was a channel patrol boat operated by the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was a private vessel built by J. Williams & Sons in 1938. She was requisitioned and later commissioned by the RAN as a channel patrol boat. Marlean earned one battle honour for her wartime service, "Darwin 1942".
Fate
Marlean was burnt down to the waterline while in Sydney Harbour on 12 November 1944.
References
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