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HMAS Biloela was a Royal Australian Navy fleet collier. Biloela was built in Sydney and was the first ship to be entirely built from Australian materials to an Australian design. She was completed in July 1920 and supported the RAN's coal burning warships during peacetime training cruises. These warships were decommissioned in the second half of the 1920s and Biloela was decommissioned into reserve in November 1927. While the RAN considered converting Biloela to a seaplane tender these plans did not eventuate and the ship was sold to a commercial company in March 1931.