Name Steady Hour Length 17 m | Owner Fred Harris | |
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Honours andawards Battle honoursPacific 1942 Fate Destroyed by fire in 1945 Armament 1 .303 Vickers MG, 4 Depth charges Builders Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty. Ltd., Neutral Bay | ||
HMAS Steady Hour (12) was a channel patrol boat of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. During the 31 May 1942 Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour, Steady Hour deployed 17 depth charges against the Japanese midget submarine M-21 in Taylor's Bay. The submarine's two crew members destroyed their vessel with demolition charges and committed suicide.
Steady Hour was awarded the battle honour "Pacific 1942".
Fate
Steady Hour was destroyed by fire on 3 March 1945 while attached to HMAS Melville on air-sea rescue duties at Darwin, Northern Territory.
References
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