HMAS Mercedes Contents Construction and design Operational service Fate Citations References Navigation menu33°59′54″S 151°36′03″E / 33.998367°S 151.600950°E / -33.998367; 151.60095033°59′54″S 151°36′03″E / 33.998367°S 151.600950°E / -33.998367; 151.600950"Mutual Sales"e
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 HMAS Mercedes during her service with the Royal Australian Navy | |
| History | |
|---|---|
Singapore | |
| Name: | Medusa |
| Namesake: | the mythical Medusa |
| Owner: |
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| Operator: | Blue Funnel Line |
| Builder: | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company, Hong Kong |
| Launched: | 1913 |
| Fate: | Requisitioned by Royal Navy in 1939 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Medusa |
| In service: | 1939 |
| Out of service: | 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Australian Navy in 1942 |
| Australia | |
| Name: | Merecedes |
| In service: | 1942 |
| Out of service: | 1946 |
| Fate: | Returned to owners in 1946, later scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 793 gross tonnes |
| Length: | 195 ft 8 in (59.64 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 7 in (9.63 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
HMAS Mercedes was an auxiliary minesweeper of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1942 until 1946. Built in 1913 for the Ocean Steam Ship Co. she was sold to the Straits Steam Ship Co. in 1925. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 and converted into an auxiliary minesweeper and named HMS Medusa. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1942 and renamed HMAS Mercedes until she was returned to her owners in 1946. She was sold and was scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948.
Contents
1 Construction and design
2 Operational service
3 Fate
4 Citations
5 References
Construction and design
Built in 1913 by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co., Hong Kong as a passenger cargo vessel for the Ocean Steam Ship Co. based at Singapore.
Operational service
She plied the Singapore straits as part of the Blue Funnel Line until she was requisitioned in 1939 by the Royal Navy and conversion into an auxiliary minesweeper and commissioned as HMS Medusa. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1942 and renamed HMAS Mercedes upon commissioning on 6 July 1942.
Fate
She was returned to her owners in 1946 and was sold for breaking up at Drummoyne, Sydney.[1] Her hull was scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948.33°59′54″S 151°36′03″E / 33.998367°S 151.600950°E / -33.998367; 151.600950Coordinates: 33°59′54″S 151°36′03″E / 33.998367°S 151.600950°E / -33.998367; 151.600950
Citations
^ "Mutual Sales". The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 15 August 1947 p.18. Retrieved 31 March 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
References
- http://www.red-duster.co.uk/BLUEFUN12.htm
- http://www.navyhistory.org.au/category/navy-day-by-day/1942/page/3/
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