HDML 1355
Freeport Shipyard, Long Island, USA 11/12/44
Known Crew
- Lt J Geoffrey H Miller ML 430 Commanding Officer HDML 1355 11/12/44SLt Peter E Ailwood Mid ML 426 3/44 TASLt 17/3/44 First Lieutenant HDML 1355 11/12/44)
Wartime Activities
- Royal Australian Navy
- 12/44 Commissioned at Brisbane
- 19/5/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 departed Brisbane for New Guinea
- 21/5/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 visit Gladstone
- 1/6/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 depart Townsville for Thursday Island
- 2/6/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 reach Lizard Island
- 3/6/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 reach Stanley Island
- 4/6/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 reach Portland Roads
HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 reach Lizard Island - 11/6/45 HDML 1341, HDML 1347, HDML 1354 and HDML 1355 depart Thursday Island for New Guinea. At Bramble Cay, HDML 1341 and HDML 1354 escorted Karina westward. HDML 1347 and HDML headed east.
HDML 1347 anchored in 12 metres of water off Cocoanut Island and HDML 1355 secured alongside - 13/6/45 HDML 1347 and HDML 1355 sighted the Owen Stanley mountains on New Guinea. And, at 1400, they secured alongside in Port Moresby having run 248 miles from Brisbane.
HDML 1355 departed for Madang128th Flotilla, based New Guinea,
Bouganville and New Britain
Post War History
- 1949 Sold
