Allied Warships

HMAS Kalgoorlie (J 192)

Minesweeper of the Bathurst class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBathurst 
PennantJ 192 
Built byBroken Hill Pty. Ltd. (Whyalla, South Australia, Australia) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Jul 1940 
Launched7 Aug 1941 
Commissioned7 Apr 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in August 1946 being renamed Ternate.
Transferred to Indonesia in 1949 being renamed Patti Unis.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Harold Arthur Litchfield, RANR(S)
29 September 1941 – 17 May 1944
Promoted to T/Lt.Cdr. on 1 September 1942

Lt. Eric John Peel, RAN
17 May 1944 – November 1944

T/Lt.Cdr. John Smyth McBryde, RANR(S)
November 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMAS Kalgoorlie (J 192)

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CommanderFromTo
1Harold Arthur Litchfield, RANR(S)29 Sep 194117 May 1944
2Lt. Eric John Peel, RAN17 May 194426 Nov 1944
3John Smyth McBryde, RANR(S)26 Nov 1944Oct 1945 ?

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