HMAS Hawk

HMAS Hawk

HMAS "Hawk" (M-1139) was a Ton class minesweeper built as HMS "Gamston" for the Royal Navy by Richards Ironworks at Lowestoft in England, purchased by Australia in 1961 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 18 July 1962. HMAS "Hawk" paid off on 7 January 1972.


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