HMAS Platypus (1917)
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 HMAS Platypus with all five J Class submarines in 1919 |
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | John Brown and Company |
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| Launched: | 28 October 1916 |
| Acquired: | 25 March 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 21 March 1917 |
| Renamed: | HMAS Penguin 1929 HMAS Platypus 1941 |
| Struck: | 20 February 1958 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
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HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy by John Brown and Company at Clydebank in Scotland, launched on 28 October 1916 and commissioned on 21 March 1917. The ship was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned on 25 March 1919. HMAS Platypus was renamed HMAS Penguin on 16 August 1929, before being renamed Platypus in 1941. HMAS Platypus paid off on 1 November 1956, was sold for scrap on 20 February 1958 and towed to Japan by the tug Chitose Maru.
Reference: Seapower Centre - Australia HMAS Platypus
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