HMAS AIR HOPE
63 FOOT AIR SEA RESCUE BOAT
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

Air-Sea Rescue Boats (63 Foot)

HMAS Air Hope (908) was built by South Coast Co., USA. It was commissioned on 13 February 1945. In February 1946 HMAS Air Hope was based at Port Moresby.

It was transferred to the RAAF in 1949.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Royal Australian Navy A - Z, Ships, Aircraft and Shore Establishments
by J.H. Straczek

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