Career (Australia) | |
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Name: | Burra Bra |
Owner: | Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company |
Launched: | 17 June 1908 |
Career (Australia (RAN)) | |
Name: | HMAS Burra Bra |
Commissioned: | 1 February 1943 |
Fate: | Sold in 1947 and scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 458 gross tonnage |
Length: | 195 ft (59 m)[1] |
Beam: | 31.6 ft (10 m)[1] |
Depth: | 14.3 ft (4 m)[1] |
Armament: | • 1 x 12 pounder gun • 2 x .303-inch Vickers machine guns |
HMAS Burra Bra (FY. 69) was an anti-submarine training vessel and target tow of the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. She was built by Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, Woolwich, New South Wales and launched on 17 June 1908 for the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company to service the Manly to Circular Quay passenger ferry run.[1] She was sold in 1947 and was scrapped in 1951.