 Royal Canadian Navy | |
|---|---|
| Name | TR19, Almeria, *Goolgwai [1] |
| Owner | 1926-1928 Boston deep sea fishing and ice company. [2] Red Funnel Fisheries Ltd (1928–1939) |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipbuilding Company, Kingston Shipyards, Kingston, Ontario |
| Laid down | 1918 |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Completed | 25 August 1918 [3] |
| Commissioned | 25 August 1918 Royal Canadian Navy TR 19 [4] |
| Out of service | 7 January 1919 [5] |
| Fate | laid up 7 January 1919 [6] |
| Royal Australian Navy | |
| Name | HMAS Goolgwai |
| Commissioned | 6 October 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Owner | Red Funnel Trawler Pty Ltd |
| Fate | Ran aground, Malabar, 1955 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 273 gross register tonnage [7] |
| Length | 125.7 ft (38 m) [7] |
| Beam | 23.5 ft (7 m) [7] |
| Depth | 12.7 ft (4 m) [7] |
| Installed power | 480iHP 3 cylinder [8] |
| Propulsion | steam |
| Armament |
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HMAS Goolgwai was originally a Canadian Castle-class trawler/TR class naval trawler in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War I. [9] She served as an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was launched in 1919 by Collingwood Shipbuilding Company at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada as TR19. The ship operated in Australian waters from 1928, and was requisitioned by the RAN on 3 September 1939. She was returned to her owners in 1947. [10] before being wrecked near Malabar, Sydney, on 29 May 1955.
