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History
Australia
Name	Tambar
Owner	North Coast Steam Navigation Company (1912-1919)
Builder	Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Grangemouth
Launched	1912
Identification	UK Official Number: 131522
Fate	Broken up in 1960
History
Australia
Name	Tambar
General characteristics
Tonnage	456 gross register tons
Length	145.2 ft (44.3 m)
Beam	30.1 ft (9.2 m)
Draught	8.7 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Twin screw triple expansion steam engine

HMAS Tambar was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

Service history

Built in 1912 by the Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Grangemouth for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. She was sold in 1919 to the British New Guinea Development Company, in 1928 to the Tasmanian Government and later to Holyman & Sons. Tambar was requisitioned by the RAN and commissioned as an auxiliary minesweeper. On 4 March 1942, HMAS Tambar was fired on and hit by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan, Moreton Island. Two crew were killed outright and another later died of his wounds. She was returned to her owners in 1946.

Fate

Tambar was scrapped in Melbourne in 1960.

References

Notes

1. "Tambar (1131522)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
2. ^ "North Coast Steam Navigation Company". Flotilla Australia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
3. Dunn, Peter. "HMAS TAMBAR HIT BY "FRIENDLY FIRE" FROM COWAN COWAN, MORETON ISLAND ON 4 MARCH 1942". www.ozatwar.com. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

Further reading

• Mair, Craig (2013). A Lucky Ship: The Nine Lives of the Australian Coaster Tambar 1912-1960. Leopold, Vic: Nautical Association of Australia. ISBN 9780975689639.

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Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
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