Global InformationHMAS Carroo information
 HMAS Carroo
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Owner | G. S. Yuill (1897) |
| Builder | Edward Bros., North Shields |
| Launched | 17 May 1897 |
| Fate | Bought by Adelaide Steamship Company in 1897. |
| Australia | |
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| Owner | Adelaide Steamship Company |
| In service | 1897 |
| Out of service | 1942 |
| Fate | Requisitioned Royal Australian Navy in 1942, Scuttled in 1976 in Hervey Bay. |
 Australia | |
| Name | Carroo |
| In service | 1942 |
| Out of service | 1946 |
| Fate | Returned to owners in 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steel twin screw |
| Tonnage | 272 GRT |
| Length | 130 ft 5 in (39.75 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft 1 in (7.65 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
| Installed power | 140 inverted horsepower |
| Propulsion | Twin compound steam engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
HMAS Carroo was a lighter of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1942 and 1946 during World War II. Built for G. S. Yuill, London, she was sold to the Adelaide Steamship Company in September 1897. She was requisitioned by the RAN in June 1942 until she was returned to her owners in 1946. She was sold in 1954 to Hopewell Steam Shipping Company Ltd, Maryborough and was renamed Kgari. She was scuttled at Roy Rufus Reef, Hervey Bay on 19 September 1976.