Allied Warships

HMAS Kookaburra

Boom Defence Vessel of the Net class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeBoom Defence Vessel
ClassNet 
Pennant 
Built byCockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Jul 1938 
Launched29 Oct 1938 
Commissioned28 Feb 1939 
End service 
History

Decommissioned in 1958.
Sold in August 1965.
Scuttled in March 1970.

 

Commands listed for HMAS Kookaburra

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. John Brodie Marshall, RANR(S)18 Jun 1941

2Thomas Frederick Webb, RANR(S)12 Jan 1942

3T/Lt. Edmund Catchpole, RANR(S)19 Sep 194217 Mar 1943

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