HMAS Carroo was a lighter of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1942 and 1946 during World War II. Built for G. S. Yuill, London, she was sold to the Adelaide Steamship Company in September 1897. She was requisitioned by the RAN in June 1942 until she was returned to her owners in 1946. She was sold in 1954 to Hopewell Steam Shipping Company Ltd, Maryborough and was renamed Kgari. She was scuttled at Roy Rufus Reef, Hervey Bay on 19 September 1976.
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| - HMAS Carroo was a lighter of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1942 and 1946 during World War II. Built for G. S. Yuill, London, she was sold to the Adelaide Steamship Company in September 1897. She was requisitioned by the RAN in June 1942 until she was returned to her owners in 1946. She was sold in 1954 to Hopewell Steam Shipping Company Ltd, Maryborough and was renamed Kgari. She was scuttled at Roy Rufus Reef, Hervey Bay on 19 September 1976. (en)
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| - Carroo (en)
- *Carroo (1897-1954) (en)
- *Kgari(1954-1976) (en)
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| - Edward Bros., North Shields (en)
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| - Australia (en)
- United Kingdom (en)
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| - Bought by Adelaide Steamship Company in 1897. (en)
- Returned to owners in 1946 (en)
- Requisitioned Royal Australian Navy in 1942, Scuttled in 1976 in Hervey Bay. (en)
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| - Carroo (en)
- *Carroo
*Kgari (en)
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| - *Carroo - Aboriginal name for creek
*Kgari - Aboriginal name for 'Fraser Island' or 'paradise' (en)
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| - Twin compound steam engine (en)
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| - HMAS Carroo was a lighter of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1942 and 1946 during World War II. Built for G. S. Yuill, London, she was sold to the Adelaide Steamship Company in September 1897. She was requisitioned by the RAN in June 1942 until she was returned to her owners in 1946. She was sold in 1954 to Hopewell Steam Shipping Company Ltd, Maryborough and was renamed Kgari. She was scuttled at Roy Rufus Reef, Hervey Bay on 19 September 1976. (en)
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| - Bought by Adelaide Steamship Company in 1897.
- Returned to owners in 1946
- Requisitioned Royal Australian Navy in 1942, Scuttled in 1976 inHervey Bay.
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