HMAS Kybra
.png) MV Kybra alongside the One Mile Jetty in Carnarvon, Western Australia (c. 1930s).
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | Kybra |
| Owner | State Shipping Service of Western Australia |
| Launched | 13 January 1926 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 204 ft 2.5 in (62.243 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 1 in (9.47 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) |
| Propulsion | 6-cylinder diesel engine |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
HMAS Kybra was a support and training ship from World War II, serving with the Royal Australian Navy from 1940 to 1945.[1] The name means "little ship" in Noongar.[2]
Stateships[edit]
Kybra was built in 1926 by Coaster Construction in Montrose, commissioned by the State Shipping Service of Western Australia. The vessel was 204 feet 2.5 inches (62.243 m) long, 31 feet 1 inch (9.47 m) wide, and had a draught of 14 feet 8 inches (4.47 m). The crew consisted of 20 sailors. She was powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine made by the Swiss company Sulzer Brothers in Winterthur and had a single propeller, giving a top speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph). The gross register tonnage of the ship was 858 tons. She could take 34 passengers.[3]
The vessel was launched on 13 January 1926, and sailed from Scotland to Australia where it arrived on 27 May. She was mainly used on the south coast of Western Australia.[4]
In the 1930s the ship was required to be serviced in South Australia.[5]
World War II[edit]
In 1940 the RAN commandeered the vessel as HMAS Kybra (FY90), and she was given over to the command of Lieutenant Commander Basil T. Brewster. She served as an auxiliary patrol and anti-submarine training ship.[6][7]
After the war she was returned to the State Shipping Service (on 10 November 1945[1]) and was used on routes in the north west of Western Australia in the 1950s.[8]
Kybra was scrapped at Kalibaru, Indonesia, in April 1968.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "HMAS KYBRA COMES HOME FROM 5 YEARS WITH NAVY". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2490. Western Australia. 11 November 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 22 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Stephens, Alan Mitchell; Eric White Associates; State Shipping Service of Western Australia (1977), The stateships story: 1912–1977, Eric White Associates, ISBN 978-0-9500952-3-3
- ^ a b Cassells, Vic (1995), For Those in Peril: A Comprehensive Listing of the Ships and Men of the Royal Australian Navy Who Have Paid the Supreme Sacrifice in the Wars of the Twentieth Century, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, ISBN 9780864177346
- ^ "SHIPPING MOVEMENTS". The News. Vol. X, no. 1, 486. South Australia. 19 April 1928. p. 19 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 22 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "W.A. GOVERNMENT MOTORSHIP KYBRA AT BIRKENHEAD". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 27 October 1937. p. 18. Retrieved 22 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "KYBRA TO PAY OFF". Daily Commercial News And Shipping List. No. 17, 715. New South Wales, Australia. 3 November 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "KYBRA RETURNS TO TRADE". Daily Commercial News And Shipping List. No. 17, 859. New South Wales, Australia. 24 April 1946. p. 1 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved 22 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEWS AND NOTES". Geraldton Guardian. Vol. XXV, no. 4226. Western Australia. 10 March 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
External links[edit]
Media related to MV Kybra at Wikimedia Commons- Royal Australian Navy. "HMAS Kybra". www.navy.gov.au.
