Allied Warships

HMAS Bundaberg (J 231)

Minesweeper of the Bathurst class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBathurst 
PennantJ 231 
Built byEvans Deakin Ltd. (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Jun 1941 
Launched1 Dec 1941 
Commissioned12 Sep 1942 
End service26 Mar 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned to reserve on 26 March 1946.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 January 1961 to Kinoshita (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Neville Drake Pixley, RANR
September 1942 - ???
MBE 8 June 1944

Lt. Ian Neil Lennox Macfarlan, RANR(S)
??? – 2 November 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Macdonald, RANR(S)
2 November 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMAS Bundaberg (J 231)

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CommanderFromTo
1Neville Drake Pixley, RANRSep 1942???

2Ian Neil Lennox Macfarlan, RANR(S)???2 Nov 1944
3Charles Macdonald, RANR(S)2 Nov 1944Oct 1945 ?

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