The seine trawler June commissioned in the RAN as HMAS June. She was renamed HMAS Winter in October 1943 to avoid confusion with the minesweeper HMAS Junee
HMAS HAWKESBURY was launched at Mort’s Dock, Sydney.
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1943
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