Allied Warships
HMAS Warrego (L 73 / U 73)
Sloop of the Grimsby class
Photo courtesy of Allan C. Green Collection
| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Grimsby |
| Pennant | L 73 / U 73 |
| Built by | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) |
| Ordered | 1938 |
| Laid down | 15 May 1939 |
| Launched | 10 Feb 1940 |
| Commissioned | 22 Aug 1940 |
| End service | 8 Aug 1963 |
| History | Decommissioned 8 august 1963. |
Commands listed for HMAS Warrego (L 73 / U 73)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. Ross Valdar Wheatley, RAN | 29 Jul 1940 | 28 May 1941 | |
| 2 | Lt. (emergency) David Logan, RAN | 29 May 1941 | 19 Jul 1941 | |
| 3 | Cdr. Ross Valdar Wheatley, RAN | 20 Jul 1941 | 26 May 1942 | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Arnold Holbrook Green, RAN | 27 May 1942 | 22 Aug 1942 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Alexander Douglas Colin Inglis, RN | 23 Aug 1942 | 11 Jul 1944 | |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. George Dalton Tancred, RAN | 11 Jul 1944 | 19 Nov 1944 | |
| 7 | A/Cdr. Colin Goyder Little, DSC, RAN | 15 May 1945 | 25 Aug 1945 | |
| 8 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Bagster Atlee Hunt, OBE, RAN | 25 Aug 1945 | Mar 1946 | |
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Notable events involving Warrego include:
31 May 1942
HrMs Tromp (Cdr. J.B. de Meester, RNN) returned to Sydney. After fuelling she departed for yet another convoy mission.
Convoy ZK 9 was to be escorted northwards. This convoy was made up of the following merchant vessels; American Robert Gray (7176 GRT, built 1942) (joined off Melbourne on 2 June), Stephen A. Douglas (7176 GRT, built 1942) (joined off Melbourne on 2 June), Australian Katoomba (9424 GRT, built 1913), Ormiston (5815 GRT, built 1922) and Dutch Japara (3323, built 1930) (joined off Melbourne on 2 June). Besides Tromp they were escorted by the US destroyer USS Selfridge (Cdr. C.D. Reynolds, USN) and the Australian sloop HMAS Warrego (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Green, RAN). (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6849 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)