The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS TERKA was commissioned. TERKA (ex- SIR DUDLEY DE CHAIR), was laid down in the State Dockyard, Newcastle, NSW, in 1925, for Dorman Long & Co, and renamed TERKA in 1928 under the Adelaide Steamship Co ownership. She was requisitioned in December 1940 by the RAN.
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1941
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