HMAS HDML 1321
| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia
| |
| Builder: | Purdon & Featherstone, Battery Point, Tasmania |
| Commissioned: | 11 November 1943 |
| Out of service: | 1970 |
| Fate: | Sold in August 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Harbour Defence Motor Launch |
| Displacement: | 58 tons |
| Armament: |
2 x 20mm 2 x machine guns 8 depth charges |
HMAS HDML 1321, also known as Rushcutter was a 58-ton Harbour Defence Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by Purdon & Featherstone, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania and commissioned into the RAN on 11 November 1943.[1] She was assigned to Z Special Unit and delivered commandos for the 1945 ill-fated raid on Muschu Island.[2] She was later reclassified as a Seaward Defence Boat.
Sold in August 1971, she was converted to a pleasure craft and is now located in Northern Australia.
Citations
References
- Dennis, Don (2006). The Guns of Muschu. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74114-878-7.
- Gillett, Ross (1986). Australia's armed forces of the eighties. Brookvale: Child & Henry. ISBN 0867770813.
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