HMAS ''Toorie'' was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by 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) during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Built in 1925 by the Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works, Newcastle for Dorman Long, Sydney as ''Sir Arthur Dorman''. She was sold in 1928 to the

Adelaide Steamship Company The Adelaide Steamship Company was an Australian shipping company, later a diversified industrial and logistics conglomerate. It was formed by a group of South Australian businessmen in 1875. Their aim was to control the transport of goods be ...

ownership and renamed ''Toorie''. She was utilised along the Queensland coast as a sugar lighter between shore to larger vessels offshore. ''Toorie'' requisitioned by the RAN in late 1940 and commissioned on 14 January 1941 as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was decommissioned in January 1943 and returned to her owners after reconversion work.

Fate

''Toorie'' was sold in 1956 and scrapped in Hong Kong.

Notes

1925 ships Ships built in New South Wales Auxiliary ships of the Royal Australian Navy Minesweepers of the Royal Australian Navy Iron and steel steamships of Australia Coastal trading vessels of Australia {{Australia-mil-ship-stub