HMAS Steady Hour

HMAS Steady Hour

HMAS Steady Hour at Port Kembla in 1944 HMAS Steady Hour at Port Kembla in 1944
History
Australia
Name:	Steady Hour
Owner:	Fred Harris
Builder:	Lars Halvorsen and Sons, Neutral Bay
History
Australia
Honours and awards:	Battle honours: Pacific 1942
Fate:	Destroyed by fire in 1945
General characteristics
Length:	56 feet (17 m)
Armament:	1 .303 Vickers MG, 4 Depth charges

HMAS Steady Hour (12) was a channel patrol boat of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. During the 31 May 1942 Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour, Steady Hour deployed 17 depth charges against the Japanese midget submarine M-21 in Taylor's Bay. The submarine's two crew members destroyed their vessel with demolition charges and committed suicide.

Steady Hour was awarded the battle honour "Pacific 1942".

Fate

Steady Hour was destroyed by fire on 3 March 1945 while attached to HMAS Melville on air-sea rescue duties at Darwin, Northern Territory.