HMAS Kinchela

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HMAS Kinchela (Z96) was an auxiliary boom gate vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built in 1914 as a cargo vessel for the Macleay River Co-operative Steamship Company.

Built by Morrison & Sinclair, Balmain, as Tamban, for the Macleay River Co-operative Steamship Company, she was launched in 1914. Her compound engines were installed by Wildridge and Sinclair, Balmain. She was operated on the Milson's Point run. She was renamed Kinchela in October 1915. She collided with a lighter at Darling Harbour, Sydney on 25 June 1918.

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