Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bathurst |
Pennant | J 315 |
Built by | Morts Dock & Enginering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) |
Ordered | 7 Aug 1941 |
Laid down | 8 Mar 1942 |
Launched | 25 Jul 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 Dec 1942 |
End service | 25 Oct 1957 |
History | Decommissioned into Reserve on 28 November 1945. |
Commands listed for HMAS Wagga (J 315)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Donald Knight Cracknell, RANR(S) | 7 Dec 1942 | 6 Aug 1943 |
2 | Lt. John Edwin Reynolds, RD, RANR | 7 Aug 1943 | 14 Sep 1943 |
3 | Lt. Ian Kitchener Purvis, RAN | 15 Sep 1943 | 25 Jan 1944 |
4 | Lt. Edward Malcolm Young, RANVR | 26 Jan 1944 | 17 Apr 1944 |
5 | A/Lt.Cdr. Claude James Poingsdestre Guille, OBE, RANR(S) | 18 Apr 1944 | 1 Dec 1945 |
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