Maritime History

HMAS Goorangai

HMAS Goorangai was a 223-ton auxiliary minesweeper of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built in 1919 for the Government of New South Wales, and sold in 1926 to the fishing company Cam & Sons, being converted into a trawler. Following the outbreak of World War II, the vessel was requisitioned for military service, converted into a minesweeper, and assigned to Melbourne. She was sunk in an accidental collision with MV Duntroon in 1940, becoming the RAN's first loss of World War II, and the first RAN surface ship to be lost in wartime service.

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• ▸Griffiths Island
• ▸Clivia miniata
• ▸Eravipuram Assembly constituency

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