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HMAS Toorie

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History
Australia
Name
  • Sir Arthur Dorman (1925-1928)
  • Toorie (1928-1956)
Owner
BuilderWalsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle
Launched27 April 1925[1]
IdentificationUK Official Number: 152014
FateBroken up in 1956
History
Australia
NameToorie
Commissioned14 January 1941
DecommissionedJanuary 1943
General characteristics
Tonnage414 gross register tons
Length147 ft (45 m)[2]
Beam26.6 ft (8.1 m)
Draught9.2 ft (2.8 m)
PropulsionSingle screw triple expansion steam engine
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)

HMAS Toorie was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

Built in 1925 by the Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle for Dorman Long, Sydney as Sir Arthur Dorman. She was sold in 1928 to the Adelaide Steamship Company ownership and renamed Toorie.[3] She was utilised along the Queensland coast as a sugar lighter between shore to larger vessels offshore. Toorie requisitioned by the RAN in late 1940 and commissioned on 14 January 1941 as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was decommissioned in January 1943 and returned to her owners after reconversion work.[3]

Fate

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Toorie was sold in 1956 and scrapped in Hong Kong.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Ships Launched". Singleton Argus. 30 April 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Lloyds Register" (PDF). Plimsoll ShipData. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Adelaide Steamship Company". Flotilla Australia. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2012.