HMAS Anaconda, the Glossary
HMAS Anaconda was an auxiliary vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War.[1]
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21 relations: Ambon Island, Anaconda, Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, Borneo, Department of Commerce (Australia), Dutch East Indies, Finschhafen, Garden Island Naval Precinct, Glenorchy, Tasmania, Hispano-Suiza HS.404, Hobart, Maluku Islands, Morotai, Papua New Guinea, Port Jackson, Robert Cosgrove, Royal Australian Navy, Services Reconnaissance Department, Tasmania, Williamstown, Victoria, World War II.
- Auxiliary ships of the Royal Australian Navy
- Ships built in Tasmania
Ambon Island
Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
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Anaconda
Anacondas or water boas are a group of large boas of the genus Eunectes.
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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Borneo
Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.
Department of Commerce (Australia)
The Department of Commerce was an Australian government department that existed between April 1932 and December 1942.
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlands(ch)-Indië) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.
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Finschhafen
Finschhafen is a town east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
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Garden Island Naval Precinct
The Garden Island Naval Precinct is a heritage-listed naval base and defence precinct located at Cowper Wharf Roadway in the inner eastern Sydney neighbourhood of Garden Island, New South Wales, Australia.
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Glenorchy, Tasmania
Glenorchy is a suburb of Hobart, in the state of Tasmania, Australia.
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Hispano-Suiza HS.404
The HS.404 is an autocannon originally designed by and produced by the Swiss arm of the Spanish/Swiss company Hispano-Suiza in the mid-1930s.
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Hobart
Hobart ((palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account.
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia.
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Morotai
Morotai Island (Pulau Morotai) is an island in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands (Moluccas).
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
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Port Jackson
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Robert Cosgrove
Sir Robert Cosgrove (28 December 1884 – 25 August 1969) was an Australian politician who was the 30th and longest-serving Premier of Tasmania.
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Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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Services Reconnaissance Department
Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), also known as Special Operations Australia (SOA) and previously known as Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD), was an Australian military intelligence and special reconnaissance unit, during World War II.
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Tasmania
Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.
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Williamstown, Victoria
Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Auxiliary ships of the Royal Australian Navy
- 1000-ton Floating Dock
- Australian steamer Adele
- Bertram-class air-sea rescue boat
- Falie
- HMAS Air Faith (909)
- HMAS Air Sprite
- HMAS Air View (923)
- HMAS Anaconda
- HMAS Burra Bra
- HMAS Eduardo
- HMAS Hankow
- HMAS Kuttabul (ship)
- HMAS Limicola
- HMAS Mother Snake
- HMAS Nyanie
- HMAS Paluma (1941)
- HMAS Phillip
- HMAS Ping Wo
- HMAS Protector (1884)
- HMAS Protector (ASR 241)
- HMAS Taipan
- HMAS Tambar
- HMAS Tolga
- HMAS Tongkol
- HMAS Toorie
- HMAS Warrawee
- HMAS Whang Pu
- HMAS Wyatt Earp
- HMQS Otter
- HMS Penguin (1876)
- HMS Suva
- HMVS Albert
- HMVS Gordon
- Kelat (1881)
- MV Mamutu
- SS Alacrity (1893)
- SS Barcoo (1885)
- SS Esturia (1910)
- SS John Oxley
- SS Whangape
- Titan (crane)
- Wallaby-class water and fuel lighter
Ships built in Tasmania
- Acielle
- Admiral (waterman's boat)
- Emerald-class ferry
- Enterprize (1830 ship)
- HM Colonial Brig Prince Leopold (1818)
- HMAS Anaconda
- HMAS HDML 1321
- HMAS Phillip
- Koonya (1887)
- Schooner Rebecca
- Water Witch (1835 cutter)