On This Day
1946-1959 > Post WW2
On This Day - 1946-1959
- September 2, 1946
The WRANS were officially disbanded although the final members did not leave until 1947
- August 27, 1946
The diesel tug HMAS BRONZEWING, was commissioned. BRONZEWING was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, and launched on 2 February 1946.
- August 26, 1946
HMAS Bunbury paid off in Sydney bringing her seagoing career to a close after steaming 101,000 miles since commissioning. Bunbury was sold on 6 January 1961 to Kinoshita (Australia) Pty Ltd for breaking up
- August 24, 1946
HMS Broome (formerly HMAS Broome) was handed over to the Turkish Navy at Istanbul and renamed Alanya. In mid-April 1946 Broome had been paid off and recommissioned into the Royal Navy. On 8 May 1946 the ship sailed from Fremantle for Colombo en route to Istanbul where she arrived on 22 August 1946.
- August 21, 1946
HMAS BROOME, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed ALANYA.
- August 14, 1946
HMAS KALGOORLIE, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Netherlands Navy and renamed TERNATE.
- August 10, 1946
HMAS GAWLER, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed AYVALIK.
- August 8, 1946
HMAS TOWNSVILLE, (minesweeper), was sold out of service for breaking up.
- August 7, 1946
HMAS Bungaree decommissioned on and returned to her owners on 5 November 1947. Bungaree was subsequently on-sold twice and in 1960 was renamed Eastern Mariner. Whilst operating in South Vietnamese waters she struck a mine in the Saigon River and was wrecked on 26 May 1966.
HMAS IPSWICH was transferred to the Netherlands Navy and renamed MOROTAI.
- August 6, 1946
HMAS PIRIE, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Turkish Navy, and renamed AMASRA.