HMAS Cape Leeuwin

History
Australia
NamesakeCape Leeuwin, Western Australia
BuilderCockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down15 July 1924
Launched10 December 1924
Commissioned27 August 1943
Decommissioned12 December 1945
FateSold 1963, scrapped 1968
General characteristics
Tonnage1406 gross register tons
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught20 ft (6.1 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament

HMAS Cape Leeuwin was a lighthouse tender which was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between mid-1943 and the end of 1945.