Allied Warships

HMAS Dubbo (J 251)

Minesweeper of the Bathurst class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBathurst 
PennantJ 251 
Built byMorts Dock & Enginering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Oct 1941 
Launched7 Mar 1942 
Commissioned31 Jul 1942 
End service7 Feb 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned into Reserve on 7 February 1947.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 February 1958 to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan).
Scrapped in Japan.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Arthur G. Thomas, RANR(S)
1 July 1942 - ???

T/Lt. Norman Grant Weber, RANR(S)
??? – April 1944

Lt.Cdr. William John Charles Webb, VD, RANR
April 1944 – 16 June 1944

T/Lt. Frank Willshaw Roberts, RANR(S)
16 June 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMAS Dubbo (J 251)

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CommanderFromTo
1Arthur Godfrey William Thomas, RANR(S)1 Jul 1942???

2Norman Grant Weber, RANR(S)???Apr 1944
3William John Charles Webb, RANRApr 194416 Jun 1944
4Frank Willshaw Roberts, RANR(S)16 Jun 1944Oct 1945 ?

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