HMAS Black Snake [SEP] vessel class
HMAS Black Snake
HMAS "Black Snake" was a Snake-class junk built for the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. She was launched in 1944 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 30 December 1944. She was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and was paid off on 3 November 1945, before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo.
On 26 April 1945 HMAS Black Snake, commanded by Sub-Lieutenant John Key, deployed a party of nine SRD operatives
HMAS Mother Snake
HMAS "Mother Snake" was an auxiliary vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. She was launched in 1944, as Australian Army AV 1354 "Murchison" transferred to the RAN and commissioned on 23 May 1945. She was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department and was paid off on 30 June 1945, before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo in 1945.
References.
- Naval Historical Society of Australia - "On this day"