ST Gunundaal
For other ships of the same name, see Gunundaal.
Career (Australia) | |
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Name: |
Gunundaal Gilbert San |
Owner: |
New South Wales Government Fisheries Coastal Trawling Company Red Funnel Fisheries Cam & Sons |
Port of registry: | Sydney |
Builder: | Smiths Dock Company, South Bank |
Yard number: | 595 |
Launched: | 3 December 1914 |
Completed: | January 1915 |
Identification: | UK Official Number: 152169 |
Fate: | Wrecked near Cape Howe in 1929 |
Career (Australia) | |
Name: | Gunundaal |
Fate: | Returned to owners in 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Castle class trawler |
Tonnage: | 217 gross ton |
Length: | 115 ft (35 m) |
Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Depth: | 11.9 ft (3.6 m) |
Propulsion: | Triple expansion engine |
ST Gunundaal was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Gunundaal was operated commercially as a fishing boat until she was acquired on 8 October 1917 for minesweeping duties during World War I. Gunundaal was returned to her owners in February 1918. She was renamed Gilbert San on 22 March 1928.
Fate
Gilbert San was wrecked on a reef near Cape Howe on 4 November 1929 and declared a total loss.
References
- http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/shipwrecks/heritage/300
- http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/smiths/19101915/gunundaal1915.htm