HMAS Tiger Snake
 HMAS Tiger Snake in April 1945 | |
| Career (Australia) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Tiger Snake |
| Builder: | J.J. Savage and Sons, Williamstown |
| Launched: | 1945 |
| In service: | 22 August 1945 |
| Out of service: | 3 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Snake-class junk |
| Tonnage: | 80 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Beam: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Depth: | 7.6 ft (2.3 m) |
| Installed power: | Gray Marine 64 YTL diesel, single screw, 300 hp (220 kW) |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range: | 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) |
| Capacity: | 20 tons of cargo |
| Complement: | 9 |
| Armament: | Two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, three or four M2 Browning machine guns or Bren Guns |
HMAS Tiger Snake was an Snake-class junk built for the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. She was launched in 1945 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 22 August 1945 and was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department. On 14 July 1945, HMAS Tiger Snake transported D Company of the 2/17th Battalion on a patrol of the Baram River, Borneo. She was paid off on 3 November 1945, before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo.
References
- Corvettes. Australia's Naval Patrol Forces. Photofile No. 10. Marrickille: Topmill. 2001. ISBN 1-876860-21-9.
- Lind, L. J. (Lewis James), 1922- (1988). Fair winds to Australia : 200 years of sail on the Australia station. Reed. ISBN 0730102165.