HMAS Bonthorpe
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| Type | Auxiliary Minesweeper |
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| Completed | 1917 |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada |
| Commissioned | 5 February 1940 |
| Displacement | 94 tons (standard) 273 tons (full load) |
| Length | 125 feet 5 inches |
| Beam | 23 feet 5 inches |
| Draught | 13 feet 5 inches (max) |
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| Speed | 10 knots5.144 m/s 18.52 km/h 0.00514 km/s 1,012.686 ft/min 16.878 ft/s |
| Complement | 2 Officers and 18 Ratings |
Bonthorpe was requisitioned for naval service from her owners Albany Tug Co, Albany, WA on 27 November 1939 and purchased by the Royal Australian Navy on 30 June 1944.
She commissioned on 5 February 1940 at Fremantle under the command of Commissioned Warrant Officer Stephen Armstrong, RANR (S).
Bonthorpe was based in Fremantle and operated in waters off the Western Australian coast until she paid off on 17 February 1945.
She was sold to Mr C. Dakas of Fremantle in 1948.
