HMAS Tongkol

HMAS Tongkol was an auxiliary minesweeper which served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

History
Australia
Name: Tongkol
Owner:
  • Malayan Government
  • Ceylon Fisheries
  • A. A. Murrell (1929-1943)
Builder: Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough
Launched: 1926
Identification: UK Identification Number: 154205
Fate: Sold in 1947.
History
Australia
Acquired: 7 September 1939
Commissioned: 4 October 1939
Fate: returned to owners in 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage: 292 gross tons
Length: 125 ft (38 m)[1]
Beam: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught: 13.7 ft (4.2 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion engine

Tongkol was built in 1926 by Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough as a fisheries research ship for the Malaysian Government which cost £23,000.[2] Bought by Mr A. A. Murrell in 1929 from the Ceylon Fisheries, for his Sydney fishing fleet.[2] At the start of World War II, Tongkol was requisitioned on 7 September 1939 and was commissioned into the RAN on 4 October 1939 as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was returned to her owners in 1946. She was attached to Minesweeping Group 50, based at Sydney. She was purchased outright by the RAN in late 1943, and paid off the same year. Sold back to local fishing trade, she was placed up for auction, after her owner closed business, in 1946. Her fate is unknown after she was placed under arrest in 1947, due to a dispute.

References
  1. "Lloyd's Register 1930-31" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. "New Trawler Tongkol". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 September 1929. p. 21. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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