.: Gunnars 1/72nd HMAS Cootamundra
HMAS COOTAMUNDRA was one of sixty Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War II in Australian shipyards as part of the Commonwealth Government's wartime shipbuilding programme. Twenty were built on Admiralty order but manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy. Thirty-six (including COOTAMUNDRA) were built for the Royal Australian Navy and four for the Royal Indian Navy.
COOTAMUNDRA commissioned at Sydney on 30 April 1943 under the command of LEUT George A. Johns RANR(S).
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