HMAS TORTOISE Riley's Bay, Ettalong 20th May 2015

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The Training Vessel TV Tortoise (TS Tortoise) from 'The Navy' - Magazine of the Navy League of Australia Jan-March 1990 P.22

Reference - The Navy - Magazine of the Navy league of Australia Jan-March 1990 P.22

Please note the Slavengers typo in the text of the above screenshot- it should read Slazengers.

The Turtle and Tortoise were among the 56' motor scow boats built from late 1944 at Slazengers Putney? Shipyards on the Parramatta River? with Bill Fisher the supervising shipbuilder. (? See Note below)

"Towards the end of 1944 work began at the Putney site on an order for motor scows for the R.A.A.F. These boats were 56ft long with an 18ft beam, built of 2 inch oregon sheathed on the bottom with copper and fitted with an 160 h.p. diesel motor. They too were destined for the war in the Pacific. Six were completed and another 27 were in production when the war ended in 1945. " Reference

Note - Mori Flapan of the Australian & NZ Shipping Register has informed me that the TS Tortoise was likely launched from Slazengers Alexandria Shipyard on the Cooks River as 015-73 ? which has in some reports been allocated to the sister ship TS Turtle (015-75 ?). Any confirmation welcomed.

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