Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bathurst |
Pennant | J 316 |
Built by | Poole & Steel Pty. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) |
Ordered | 7 Aug 1941 |
Laid down | 26 Feb 1942 |
Launched | 3 Dec 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 Apr 1943 |
End service | 8 Jun 1959 |
History | Decommissioned at Melbourne on 26 November 1945. |
Commands listed for HMAS Cootamundra (J 316)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. George Alfred Johns, RANR(S) | Jan 1943 | 20 Dec 1944 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Harold James Hull, RANR | 20 Dec 1944 | 20 Sep 1945 |
3 | Lt. Kenneth Ralph Gourlay, RANR | 21 Sep 1945 |
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