HMAS Marrawah

History
Name	Marrawah
Launched	1910
Identification	ON 129125 Code Letters VJGK
Fate	Scuttled off Sydney on 10 May 1951
History
Australia
Name	Marrawah
Commissioned	12 December 1941
Fate	Returned to owner
General characteristics
Tonnage	600 Gross register tonnage[1]
Length	165 ft (50 m)[1]
Beam	28.1 ft (9 m)[1]
Depth	11.5 ft (4 m)[1]
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun

HMAS Marrawah was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. She was launched in 1910 by Van Vliet & Company of Hardinxveld in The Netherlands.^[1] Her engines were fitted in Glasgow. The ship operated in Australian waters from 1910, and was requisitioned by the RAN on 12 December 1941. In 1943, she was transferred under the control of the US Army small ships section and allotted pennant number S-178. She was returned to her owners after the war, sold to Riverside Dock & Engineering Company and hulked. Her hulk was scuttled by the Royal Australian Air Force off Sydney on 10 May 1951.

Citations

1. "Llyods Reigister 1930-31" (PDF). Plimsoll ShipData. Retrieved 20 May 2014.