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词条 HMAS Boonaroo
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  1. Construction

  2. Operational history

  3. References

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  • Australian National Lines (1957–71)
  • Collin Navigation Company (1971–72)
  • Uni-Ocean Lines Pty Ltd (1976–77)
  • United Orient Lines Ltd (1977–85)
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HMAS Boonaroo (also known as MV Boonaroo) was an Australian National Lines cargo vessel used to support Australian forces fighting in the Vietnam War. She was the first Australian ship to be commissioned after the introduction of the Australian White Ensign.

Construction

Boonaroo was constructed for Australian National Lines by Mort's Dock and Engineering in Sydney.[1] Displacing 1,789 tonnes (standard) and 3,542 tonnes at full load, Boonaroo was {{convert|391|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} long, with a beam of {{convert|53|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|20|ft|9|in|m|2|abbr=on}}. Powered by two Doxford diesel developing engines producing {{convert|4,250|hp}}, the ship had a top speed of {{convert|12|kn}}.[1]

Operational history

The ship was completed in 1953, and operated as a merchant vessel until she was chartered by the Department of Shipping and Transport in 1966 to carry Australian soldiers and supplies to Vietnam.[1] She completed one voyage to Vietnam as a merchant vessel, leaving on 17 May 1966 and arriving back in Australia on 8 July 1966.[1] However, members of the Seamen's Union of Australia refused to sail the vessel for subsequent voyages to Vietnam in protest against Australia's involvement in the conflict.[1]

To keep the ship operational, she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at 21:00 on 1 March 1967, and became the first Australian ship to be commissioned under Australian White Ensign.[1][2] The crew were replaced by RAN personnel (most were drafted at short notice from Victorian naval base {{HMAS|Lonsdale|naval base|6}}, while two ANL engineers aboard had their reserve commissions activated), and spent from 3 to 10 March at Point Wilson, loading a cargo of bombs for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and general cargo for the establishment and support of Australian facilities in Vietnam, including prefabricated kitchen structures, telegraph poles, and a fuel tanker.[2] Boonaroo sailed on 10 March, refuelled at Cairns on 17 March, and reached Cam Ranh Bay on 28 March.[2] The general cargo was unloaded that day by United States Army personnel.[2] On 29 March, the freighter moved to the ammunition pier to offload the bombs.[2] After unloading was complete, Boonaroo shifted to Cape St Jacques at Vung Tau on 2 April, was replenished by a RAAF helicopter airlifting stores and provisions to the ship on 3 April, and sailed later that day.[1] After stopping at Singapore on 5 and 6 April, then at Darwin from 12 to 20 April, Boonaroo sailed to Sydney, arriving on 29 April.[1] The cargo ship left Sydney for Melbourne on 3 May, arrived on 5 May, and was decommissioned from RAN service on 8 May.[1] The 69-day commission was one of the shortest in RAN history: the duration meant that Boonaroo remained in ANL livery during her voyage, and no cap tallies were created for the ship's company.[2] Because of the RAN's usual self-maintenance practices while at sea, Boonaroo was returned to ANL in better condition than she was received.[2] Following a reorganisation of RAN battle honours in 2010, Boonaroo was retroactively awarded the honour "Vietnam 1967".[3][4]

In January 1971, she was sold to Collin Navigation Co., S. A. Hong Kong, and renamed Collin Four and in 1972 transferred to a subsidiary company. The ship was sold to Uni-Ocean Lines Pty Ltd, Singapore in February 1976 and renamed Reunion and again sold in November 1977 to United Orient Lines Ltd, Singapore. She was scrapped at Chittagong, Bangladesh in November 1985.[5]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-boonaroo |title=HMAS Boonaroo |accessdate=4 April 2015 |work=Ship Histories |publisher=Royal Australian Navy}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |url=http://navynews.realviewdigital.com/?iid=118706#folio=12 |title=First to fly new flag |last=Morley |first=Dave |date=7 May 2015 |work=Navy News |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |page=12|accessdate=4 May 2015}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |title=Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |archivedate=13 June 2011 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |accessdate=23 December 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2012}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.flotilla-australia.com/anl.htm |title=Images, Postcards and Ephemera of Australia National Line Ships |work=Flotilla Australia |accessdate=23 September 2014}}
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