HMAS Kookaburra
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Career | |
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Ordered: | |
Laid down: | 4 July 1938 |
Launched: | 29 October 1938 |
Commissioned: | 28 February 1939 |
Decommissioned: | 1958 |
Fate: | Sold in August 1965. Scuttled in March 1970. |
Struck: | |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 530 tonnes |
Length: | 160 feet |
Power: | 850 IHP |
Speed: | 11.5 knots |
Complement: | 32 men |
Armament: | 1 3" AA gun. |
HMAS Kookaburra was a Net class boom defence vessel that served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II