HMAS Alfie Cam

History
Name:	Asama (1919–1929) Alfie Cam (1929–1940)
Owner:	T. A. Field (1928–1929) Cam & Sons Pty Ltd (1929–1940)
Launched:	1919
History
Australia
Name:	Alfie Cam
Commissioned:	22 July 1940
Identification:	Pennant number: FY 97
Fate:	Returned to owner in 1946
Name:	Alfie Cam
Owner:	Cam & Sons Pty Ltd
Fate:	Struck reef in 1953, irreparably damaged, sold and scrapped in 1953
General characteristics (as auxiliary minesweeper)
Armament:	1 × 12-pounder gun 1 × 20mm Oerlikon cannon 1 × .303-inch Vickers machine gun

HMAS Alfie Cam was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. She was launched in 1919 in Cardiff, Wales, as Asama. The ship was purchased by T. A. Field and operated in Australian waters from 1928. She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1940. She was returned to her owners after the war and was later scrapped in 1953.

Operational history

Asama was purchased by Mr. T. A. Field and sailed to Sydney, Australia in 1928.^[1] She was purchased by Cam & Sons Pty Ltd in February 1929 and was renamed Alfie Cam.^[2]

In 1940, Alfie Cam was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy for use as an auxiliary. She was returned to her owners in 1946 and resuming trawling. She became grounded on a reef, near Twofold Bay, New South Wales on 12 July 1953 and damaged her hull.^[3]

Fate

Too expensive to repair, she was sold in 1953 and was scrapped.

Citations

1. "The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 13 November 1928, p.12.". Retrieved 30 March 2011.
2. "The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 20 February 1929, p.14.". Retrieved 30 March 2011.
3. "The West Australian , Monday 13 July 1953, p.4.". Retrieved 30 March 2011.

References

• Naval Historical Society of Australia - "On this day" (July-September 1940)