Letters

Auxiliary Minesweepers

March 2, 2011

Hello,

Further to my recent request for help on the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar, I have now discovered a list of names of the first trawlers and small coasters requisitioned as auxiliary minesweepers, so that part of my enquiry can be ignored.

Any help with my other questions would be great.

Best wishes (from a snowy Scotland),
Craig Mair


Craig,

Here is a photo of /Tambar:

All the small minesweepers similar to Goorangai and Tambar would have had a crew around 23.

See this URL: http://www1.eguermin.org/training/nms.asp for a description of sweeping for various types of mines.

Description
FREMANTLE, WA. PORT VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS OLIVE CAM BERTHED OUTBOARD OF TWO OTHER AUXILIARY MINESWEEPERS. SHE HAS BEEN ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORWARD, TRAINED TO PORT AND AT MAXIMUM ELEVATION. THE TWO SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS AFT ORIGINALLY COMPRISING HER CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT HAVE BEEN SUPPLEMENTED BY A THIRD OERLIKON MOUNTED BEFORE THE BRIDGE. NOTE THE MINESWEEPING FLOAT ON THE QUARTERDECK AND DEPTH
CHARGES ON THE STERN. HER IDENTIFICATION LETTERS (OC) ARE PAINTED ON HER BOW.     (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

Regards,

Mac.



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