HMAS ''HDML 1324'', also known as ''Nepean'' was a 58-ton Harbour Defence Motor Launch of the

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...

(RAN). Built by A.McFarlane and Sons,

Birkenhead, South Australia Birkenhead is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 14 km from the CBD, on the Lefevre Peninsula, in South Australia, and lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Peterhead, Exeter and Glanville. It is bounded to the ...

and commissioned into the RAN on 12 June 1944. She was at the Timor surrender of the Japanese occupying forces in 1945. She was later reclassified as a

Seaward Defence Boat The Ford-class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy (with three built for the South African Navy) in the 1950s. Development They were designed to detect and attack hostile submarines, including midget submarines in inshore wat ...

. Parts from HDML 1324 were used to refit SDB 1325.Gillett 1986, p. 37.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:HDML 1324 Patrol vessels of the Royal Australian Navy Ships built in South Australia 1944 ships