page_title: HMAS Goorangai
hierarchical_section_title: HMAS Goorangai
caption_attribution_description: English: The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai coming in to berth at a wharf in Port Philip, Victoria, while two sailors look on. AWM caption: "AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER, H.M.A.S. "GOORANGAI", WHICH COLLIDED WITH THE COASTAL LINER "DUNTROON", IN PORT PHILLIP BAY, 1940-11-20, AND FOUNDERED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE LOSS OF HER FULL COMPLEMENT OF TWENTY-FOUR OFFICERS AND MEN."
context_page_description: HMAS Goorangai was a 223-ton auxiliary minesweeper of the Royal Australian Navy. She was built in 1919 for the Government of New South Wales, then sold in 1926 to the fishing company Cam & Sons. The trawler was requisitioned for military service following the outbreak of World War II, converted into a minesweeper, and assigned to Melbourne. She was sunk in an accidental collision with MV Duntroon in 1940, becoming the RAN's first loss of World War II, and the first RAN surface ship to be lost in wartime.
context_section_description: HMAS Goorangai was a 223-ton auxiliary minesweeper of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built in 1919 for the Government of New South Wales, then sold in 1926 to the fishing company Cam & Sons. The trawler was requisitioned for military service following the outbreak of World War II, converted into a minesweeper, and assigned to Melbourne. She was sunk in an accidental collision with MV Duntroon in 1940, becoming the RAN's first loss of World War II, and the first RAN surface ship to be lost in wartime.
caption: Goorangai coming in to berth
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