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HMAS ''Mavie'' was a 19-ton auxiliary patrol boat operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. The wooden lugger ''Mavie'' was built at Fremantle, Western Australia in 1903. It was long, with a beam of . On 12 December 1941, ''Mavie'' was seized from its Japanese owner, Jiro Muramats, as he was a citizen of a country at war with Australia. It was requisitioned by the RAN, and was renamed and commissioned for service at Darwin as the channel patrol boat HMAS ''Mavie'', on 31 December 1941. ''Mavie'' was attacked by Japanese aircraft in the air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942, near the Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin Harbour. ''Mavie'' was sunk by a near miss, although the crew of four survived. ''Mavie'' was salvaged in 1959–60 when the Fujita Salvage Company salvaged the cargo ship ''Neptuna'', which had also been sunk in the raid. Following a reorganisation of the RAN battle honours system, ''Mavie''s service and loss was retroactively recognised with the honour "Darwin 1942". ==References== *''Wrecks in Darwin Waters'', Tom Lewis, Wahroonga, NSW : Turton & Armstrong, 1992 *''For Those in Peril – A comprehensive listing of the Ships and Men of the RAN who have paid the Supreme Sacrifice in the Wars of the 20th Century'', Vic Cassells, Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1995 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Mavie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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