Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bathurst |
Pennant | J 248 |
Built by | Melbourne Harbour Trust (Williamstown, Victoria, Australia) |
Ordered | 5 Mar 1941 |
Laid down | 14 Nov 1941 |
Launched | 15 Aug 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 Feb 1943 |
End service | 10 May 1946 |
History | Decommissioned into Reserve on 10 May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMAS Shepparton (J 248)
Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Norman Morison, RANR(S) | 26 Jan 1943 | 19 Mar 1943 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. George Dalton Tancred, RAN | 20 Mar 1943 | 30 Apr 1943 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Karl Eric Oom, RAN | 1 May 1943 | 22 Aug 1943 |
4 | A/Cdr. Colin Goyder Little, RAN | 22 Aug 1943 | 5 Jan 1944 |
5 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Richard Kelsey Roe, RN | 5 Jan 1944 | 21 Oct 1944 |
6 | Lt.Cdr. John Michael Sharpey-Schafer, RN | 21 Oct 1944 | Mar 1946 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.