HMAS Mildura
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HMAS Mildura (J-207/M-207), named for the city of Mildura in Victoria, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Morts Dock and Engineering Company at Balmain in New South Wales on 23 September 1940, launched on 15 March 1941 by Mrs J. Durnford, the wife of the Second Naval Member, and commissioned on 23 July 1941. In August 1945, the ship was the first Allied vessel to enter Hong Kong. She swept mines to allow the Allied fleet to safely enter for the official Japanes surrender. She was paid off to reserve at Fremantle on 21 May 1948 but recommissioned on 20 February 1951 as a training ship for National Service trainees. HMAS Mildura paid off at Melbourne on 11 September 1953, arrived at Brisbane under tow on 8 December 1954 where she served as an immobilised reserve training ship, and was sold for scrap to Brisbane Non-Ferrous on 8 September 1965.
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