| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bathurst |
| Pennant | J 153 |
| Built by | Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. (Whyalla, South Australia, Australia) |
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1940 |
| Laid down | 27 Jul 1940 |
| Launched | 12 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 8 Jan 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in May 1947. Whyalla is preserved as a museum ship see this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for HMAS Whyalla (J 153)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Leslie Norman Morison, RANR(S) | 8 Sep 1941 | 28 Nov 1942 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Karl Eric Oom, RAN | 28 Nov 1942 | 30 Apr 1943 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. George Dalton Tancred, RAN | 1 May 1943 | 18 Jun 1943 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Norman Morison, RANR(S) | 19 Jun 1943 | 30 Nov 1944 |
| 5 | A/Cdr. Neven Robinson Read, RAN | 1 Dec 1944 | 22 Jun 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Lincoln Brandreth Parry, RANVR | 23 Jun 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Notable events involving Whyalla include:
25 Jun 1945
HMS Voracious (Lt. D.R. Wilson, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Brisbane with HMAS Whyalla (T/Lt. G.L.B. Parry, RANVR) and HMAS Bendigo (Lt. W. Jackson, RANVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20343
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.