HMAS Uki

HMAS Uki (FY.80) was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Laid down at Lithgows, Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1923, Uki (named after the village Uki in the Tweed Valley of far northern New South Wales^[3]) was owned and operated by the Sydney-based North Coast Steam Navigation Company.^[2] On 3 November 1939, Uki was requisitioned by the RAN for use as an auxiliary.

NameUki^[1]

OwnerNorth Coast Steam Navigation Company

NameUki

Tonnage545 gross register tonnage^[2]

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Name	Uki[1]
Owner	North Coast Steam Navigation Company
Australia
Name	Uki
General characteristics
Tonnage	545 gross register tonnage[2]
Length	152.9 ft (47 m)[2]
Beam	34.6 ft (11 m)[2]
Depth	8.5 ft (3 m)[2]

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During the war, Uki, Narani, and Bermagui made up Group 77 Minesweeper, based at HMAS Maitland, in Newcastle, New South Wales. In March 1943, Uki was requisitioned into the United States Navy.

After being returned to her owners, she was sold to M. Bern & Co in 1954. She was hulked in Brisbane in 1960. She was later stripped and scuttled off Tangalooma, Queensland in June 1976.