HMAS Burdekin
HMAS Burdekin (K-376), named for the Burdekin River in
Queensland which rises on the western slope of the Seaview Range and flows into the
Pacific Ocean at Upstart Bay, was a River class
frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at
Maryborough in Queensland, launched on
30 June 1943 by Miss K Collings, daughter of the Minister for the Interior and Leader of the Government in the Senate and commissioned on
27 June 1944.
The surrender of Dutch Borneo by the Japanese was accepted on board HMAS Burdekin by Major General Milford, GOC Seventh Australian Division, on
8 September 1945.
HMAS Burdekin paid off into reserve on
18 April 1946, was declared for disposal on
9 November 1960 and sold for scrap to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Company Limited of
Hong Kong on
21 September 1961.