The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai coming in to dock c.1940.

The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai in rough seas off the coast of Victoria c.1940. A 12-pounder gun can be seen on the ship’s forecastle but the ex-trawler is still in its peacetime colours.

A member of the crew of the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai making adjustments to the serrated edge of the minesweeping gear. The serrations were designed to sever the mooring cables of floating mines.

Members of the ship’s company of the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai taking provisions on board. The crewman on the right is checking the individual items against a manifest to ensure everything has been received.

The rack of .303 rifles on board the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai. At sea, mines were often detonated by rifle fire.

The radio operator in his cramped quarters on board the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai.

The Australian coastal liner MV Duntroon . On the night of 20 November 1940, the Duntroon rammed and sank the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai in the Heads at Port Phillip. All of the crew of the minesweeper lost their lives.