HMAS Gull
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom |
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| Name: | Swanston |
| Builder: | J. S. Doig Limited |
| Fate: | Sold to Australia |
| Australia |
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| Name: | Gull |
| Acquired: | 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 November 1969 |
| Honours and awards: |
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| Fate: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ton-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 440 tons |
| Length: | 152 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 33 |
| Armament: | |
HMAS Gull (M 1185) (formerly HMS Swanston) was a Ton-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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Construction
The ship was built by J. S. Doig Limited at Grimsby, England for the RN. The ship was commissioned as HMS Swanston.
Operational history
United Kingdom
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Australia
The minesweeper was sold to the RAN in 1961, and was recommissioned as HMAS Gull on 19 July 1962.
During the mid-1960s, Gull was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. This service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".[1][2]
Decommissioning and fate
HMAS Gull paid off on 7 November 1969.
References
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