HMAS Uki explained
HMAS Uki (FY.80) was an auxiliary
minesweeper operated by the
Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Laid down at
Lithgows,
Port Glasgow,
Scotland in 1923,
Uki was owned and operated by the Sydney-based
North Coast Steam Navigation Company.
[1] On 3 November 1939,
Uki was requisitioned by the RAN for use as an
auxiliary.
During the war, Uki,, and made up Group 77 Minesweeper, based at HMAS Maitland, in Newcastle, New South Wales. In March 1943, Uki was requisitioned into the United States Navy.
After being returned to her owners, she was sold to M. Bern & Co in 1954. She was hulked in Brisbane in 1960. She was later stripped and scuttled off Tangalooma, Queensland in June 1976.
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Lloyds Register . Plimsoll ShipData . 6 August 2010.
