HMAS Sea Snake

HMAS Sea Snake was an auxiliary Snake-class junk built for the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. She was launched in 1945 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 31 March 1945. She was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department and was paid off on 27 November 1945, before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo.[1]

History
Australia
Name	Sea Snake
Builder	J.J. Savage and Sons, Williamstown
Launched	1945
In service	31 March 1945
Out of service	27 November 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Snake-class junk
Tonnage	80 tons (gross)
Length	66 ft (20 m)
Beam	17 ft (5.2 m)
Depth	7.6 ft (2.3 m)
Installed power	Gray Marine 64 YTL diesel, single screw, 300 hp (220 kW)
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Range	500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi)
Capacity	20 tons of cargo
Complement	9
Armament	Two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, three or four M2 Browning machine guns or Bren Guns