MV Duntroon

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MV Duntroon was a passenger motor ship built for the , that saw military service as a troopship between 1942 and 1949. She was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, and entered service in 1939. Duntroon was returned to her civilian owners in 1950. In 1961, the ship was sold to Kie Hock Shipping Co. and renamed Tong Hoo. She was sold again in 1966 to Africa Shipping Co. and renamed Lydia. The ship was laid up in Singapore in 1967, and sailed to Taiwan for scrapping in 1968. rdf:langString
rdf:langString MV Duntroon
rdf:langString Duntroon
rdf:langString *Duntroon (Melbourne Steamship Company)
rdf:langString *Lydia (Africa Shipping Co.)
rdf:langString *Tong Hoo (Kie Hock Shipping Co.)
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rdf:langString August 1935
rdf:langString Australia
rdf:langString Scrapped 1968
rdf:langString Returned to civilian service
rdf:langString Requisitioned by Army
rdf:langString *UK official number 159556 *call sign VLFB *
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xsd:integer 1942
rdf:langString *1950–60 *1961–66 *1966–67
xsd:date 1935-04-04
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rdf:langString *Duntroon *Tong Hoo *Lydia
rdf:langString *Army control 1942–46 *Chartered by RAN 1946–49
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rdf:langString Melbourne Steamship Company
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rdf:langString MV Duntroon was a passenger motor ship built for the , that saw military service as a troopship between 1942 and 1949. She was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, and entered service in 1939. At the start of World War II, Duntroon was requisitioned for conversion into an armed merchant cruiser, but was returned as unsuitable. In November 1940, Duntroon collided with and sank the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai; the RAN's first loss of the war. In February 1942, Duntroon was requisitioned by the Australian Army for use as a troopship. The ship was involved in a second fatal collision in November 1943, sinking the destroyer USS Perkins. Her army service continued until 1946, when she was chartered by the RAN for transport duties with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Duntroon was returned to her civilian owners in 1950. In 1961, the ship was sold to Kie Hock Shipping Co. and renamed Tong Hoo. She was sold again in 1966 to Africa Shipping Co. and renamed Lydia. The ship was laid up in Singapore in 1967, and sailed to Taiwan for scrapping in 1968.
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xsd:date 1935-04-04
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xsd:string Returned to civilian service
xsd:string Requisitioned by Army

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