HMAS Tongkol [SEP] manufacturer
HMAS Tongkol
HMAS "Tongkol" was an auxiliary minesweeper which served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.
"Tongkol" was built in 1926 by Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough as a fisheries research ship for the Malaysian Government which cost £23,000. Bought by Mr A. A. Murrell in 1929 from the Ceylon Fisheries, for his Sydney fishing fleet. At the start of World War II, "Tongkol" was requisitioned on 7 September 1939 and was commissioned into the RAN on 4 October 1939
Poole &amp; Steel
Poole & Steel was a major Australian engineering, railway rolling stock manufacturer and shipbuilding company. It had facilities located in Balmain, New South Wales and Osborne, South Australia. The company was set up by Arthur Hugh Poole and James Steel.
The shipyard at Osborne was sold to the Government of South Australia in 1937.
Products of Balmain.
- "HMAS Cootamundra"
- "HMAS Cowra"
- "HMAS Geraldton"
- "HMAS Junee"
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