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Name	Sirocco
History
Australia
Name	Sirocco
Fate	Burnt to the waterline in 1942

HMAS Sirocco (Q21) was a channel patrol boat operated by the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

Sirocco was destroyed by fire and burnt to the waterline at Hobart on 26 January 1942.

References

• Cassells, Vic (1995), For those in peril- : a comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the wars of the twentieth century, Kangaroo Press, ISBN 978-0-86417-734-6

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Jan: Malama 2 Jan: Mercedes, Ruth Alexander 3 Jan: USS Iona 8 Jan: Tornator 9 Jan: HMS Vimiera 11 Jan: USAT Liberty 12 Jan: Cyclops, HNLMS Prins van Oranje, U-374 14 Jan: Chepo 15 Jan: Empire Bay, U-93, U-577 17 Jan: HMS Gurkha, I-60, HMS Matabele 18 Jan: Bantam, Hai-Kan No. 6 19 Jan: Lady Hawkins 20 Jan: Eidsvold, I-124, Banshu Maru No. 52, USS S-36, Westralia 23 Jan: Navemar, USS Neches 24 Jan: Empire Wildebeeste, Nana Maru, USS S-26 25 Jan: Z8 Bruno Heinemann 26 Jan: Refast, HMAS Sirocco 27 Jan: Harpa, I-73, HMS Thanet 30 Jan: USCGC Alexander Hamilton, USC&GS Research 31 Jan: HMS Belmont, HMS Culver, Spreewald Unknown date: HMS Triumph
Other incidents	3 Jan: I-58, Krasny Kavkaz 6 Jan Sinkyo Maru 7 Jan: V 5104 Orkan 10 Jan: U-374 16 Jan: Empire Chief 21 Jan: Enrico Cosenz 22 Jan: Boyky, Molotov, Shch-214
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