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HMAS Mother Snake

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Name
  
Mother Snake

Out of service
  
3 November 1945

Beam
  
24 ft (7.3 m)

Launched
  
5 December 1944

In service
  
30 June 1945

Tonnage
  
300 tons

Depth
  
12.6 ft (3.8 m)

Length
  
38 m

Builder
  
Australian Ship Building Board

HMAS Mother Snake was an auxiliary vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. She was launched in 1944, as Australian Army AV 1354 Murchison transferred to the RAN and commissioned on 23 May 1945. She was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department and was paid off on 30 June 1945, before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo in 1945.

References

HMAS Mother Snake Wikipedia