HMAS Snipe

HMAS Snipe

HMAS Snipe (M-1102) was a Ton class minesweeper built as HMS "Alcaston" for the Royal Navy by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Southampton and launched on 4 September 1952. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 1961 and commissioned as HMAS Snipe on 11 September 1962. HMAS Snipe paid off on 3 June 1983.


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