| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Boom Defence Vessel |
| Class | Bar |
| Pennant | Z 80 |
| Built by | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 4 May 1940 |
| Commissioned | 26 Sep 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in 1968. |
Commands listed for HMAS Kangaroo (Z 80)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Ronald William Simmons, RANR(S) | Mar 1942 | 14 May 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Montague William Mathers, RANR(S) | 19 May 1942 |
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