Barwon (Huddart Parker)
Barwon was attacked by a submarine on 4 June 1942 while steaming alone off Gabo Island, New South Wales. Initial assessment was that the damage was caused by shell fire, but later analysis identified parts of a Japanese torpedo. Following swift course changes, Barwon proceeded to a successful voyage completion..
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Period (Howard Smith)
Having experienced enemy attacks and lost crew members, Period returned to peacetime service 1945.
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Marrawah (Howard Smith)
Marrawah served as a minesweeper until February 1943, then was transferred to the United States Small Ships Section through to the end of the war.
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Kowarra (Howard Smith)
Torpedoed off Sandy Cape (Q’ld) by a Japanese submarine on 24 April 1943, en route Bowen-Brisbane with a cargo of sugar, twenty one of the thirty two crew members of Kowarra perished.
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Innisfail (Howard Smith)
Innisfail was requisitioned during the war years
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