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Australian stores lighter Yampi Lass

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Wilson, Michael; Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services, Profile No. 4 - Revised Edition, Topmill Pty Ltd, Marrickville.
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and transported beer down the Swan River. She was bought by the Yampi Sound Mining Company and used to transport stores to their mine on
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She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War, however she was never commissioned. While at
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This article about a specific Australian naval ship or boat is a
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Swan Brewery Company
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Koolan Island
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