HMAS Snipe
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| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft and Company |
| Launched: | 4 September 1952 |
| Acquired: | 11 September 1962 |
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HMAS Snipe (M-1102) was a Ton class minesweeper built as HMS Alcaston for the Royal Navy by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Southampton and launched on 4 September 1952. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 1961 and commissioned as HMAS Snipe on 11 September 1962. HMAS Snipe paid off on 3 June 1983.
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