Allied Warships

HMAS Koala (Z 69)

Boom Defence Vessel of the Bar class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeBoom Defence Vessel
ClassBar 
PennantZ 69 
Built byCockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 Jun 1939 
Launched4 Nov 1939 
Commissioned27 Mar 1940 
End service 
HistoryScrapped at Brisbane in 1971.

 

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1T/Lt. John Brodie Marshall, RANR(S)28 Sep 1941

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