HMAS Phillip

HMAS Phillip was a depot tender of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1916 until 1921.[1]

Ferry Togo c.1905-1916
History
Australia
Name:	Togo (1905-1916), (1921-1946)
Owner:	Broomby and Dent, Launceston (1905-1944)
Builder:	Frederick Moore, Launceston, Tasmania
Launched:	1905
Fate:	Sold to Royal Australian Navy on 14 August 1916. She was broken up in 1946.
Australia
Name:	Togo (1916-1918) Phillip (1918-1921)
In service:	1918
Out of service:	1921
Fate:	Sold in 1921.
General characteristics

Built in 1905 by Frederick Moore at Launceston, Tasmania and launched as Togo and used for passenger service by Broomby and Dent, Launceston.[2] She was bought by the RAN on 14 August 1916 for £7,500 and commissioned as HMAS Togo.[1] Initially purchased for use as a tug, she was used as a depot tender for Flinders Naval Depot. She was used from October 1917 as a minesweeping training ship for the Naval Brigade. Togo was renamed HMAS Phillip in 1918 and was sold in 1921 and renamed Togo.[1][3]

She was broken up in 1946.[4]

Citations

1. Wilson, p.59.
2. "Llyods Register" (PDF). Plimsoll ShipData. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
3. "The Mercury (Hobart, Tas), Monday 5 September 1938, p.6". Retrieved 10 September 2010.
4. "The Mercury (Hobart, Tas), Thursday 31 October 1946, p.5". Retrieved 10 September 2010.

References

• Wilson, Michael; Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services, Profile No. 4 - Revised Edition, Topmill Pty Ltd, Marrickville. ISBN 978-1-876270-72-8