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3 unusual facts about HMAS Uralba


HMAS Uralba

She was based in Brisbane as a minefield tender for a couple of years before moving to Milne Bay, New Guinea as a stores and armaments carrier.

Later sold to Benny Gelbart of Footscray, she sank at her moorings in the Maribyrnong River on 4 May 1960.

For the next few years she transported timber between Melbourne and Tasmania.



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