The Australian Naval Board informed the Admiralty that “a small minesweeping flotilla is being trained at Sydney and Melbourne”. The vessels were requisitioned tugs and trawlers manned by the Australian Naval Brigade. The minesweepers were not commissioned.
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1917
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