Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bathurst |
Pennant | J 184 |
Built by | Williamstown Dockyard (Williamstown, Victoria, Australia) |
Ordered | 4 Dec 1939 |
Laid down | 19 Apr 1940 |
Launched | 10 Dec 1940 |
Commissioned | 30 Aug 1941 |
End service | 27 Sep 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 27 September 1946. |
Commands listed for HMAS Ballarat (J 184)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Alfred Dudley Barling, RANR(S) | 20 Apr 1941 | 21 Mar 1943 |
2 | T/Lt. Donald MacLeman, RANR(S) | 22 Mar 1943 | 13 Nov 1943 |
3 | Lt. Cecil Donald Dykes, RANR(S) | 14 Nov 1943 | Jun 1944 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Gordon Alexander Keith, RANR(S) | 12 Jun 1944 | 30 Nov 1944 |
5 | Cdr. Franklyn Bryce Morris, RAN | 1 Dec 1944 | 18 Jun 1945 |
6 | A/Cdr. Neven Robinson Read, RAN | 19 Jun 1945 | Nov 1945 |
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