HMAS Bingera
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMAS Bingera
- IMO number
- 5352678
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1935
- Builder
- William Denny and Brothers
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- Royal Australian Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMAS Bingera
HMAS Bingera was an auxiliary anti-submarine vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. Bingera was built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton in 1935 for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company for the Queensland coastal trade, arriving at Brisbane on 18 November 1935. Commissioned into the RAN on 5 February 1940 and was employed in patrolling the East Coast of Australia. She was present during the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour on 30 May-1 June 1942 and rescued 12 men on a raft from the steamer Iron Chieftain on 4 June, sunk by Japanese submarine I-24, 27 miles east of Sydney on 3 June. She was decommissioned in August 1946 and returned to her owners. Bingera was sold in February 1948 to Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand and renamed Taranui.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMAS Bingera now?
- HMAS Bingera has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMAS Bingera?
- HMAS Bingera is a ship, built in 1935 by William Denny and Brothers.
- Who owns HMAS Bingera?
- HMAS Bingera is operated by Royal Australian Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMAS Bingera been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMAS Bingera appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).