HMAS HDML 1324
Australian naval vessel
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HMAS HDML 1324, also known as Nepean was a 58-ton Harbour Defence Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by A.McFarlane and Sons, Birkenhead, South Australia and commissioned into the RAN on 12 June 1944. She was at the Timor surrender of the Japanese occupying forces in 1945. She was later reclassified as a Seaward Defence Boat. Parts from HDML 1324 were used to refit SDB 1325.[1]
BuilderA.McFarlane and Sons, Birkenhead
Commissioned12 June 1944
Class & typeHarbour Defence Motor Launch
Displacement58 tons
| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Builder | A.McFarlane and Sons, Birkenhead |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Harbour Defence Motor Launch |
| Displacement | 58 tons |
| Armament | 2 x 20mm2 x machine guns8 depth charges |