title: HMAS Gull
text: # HMAS Gull
  
  HMAS Gull (M 1185) (formerly HMS Swanston) was a Ton-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
  
  ## Construction
  
  The ship was built by J. S. Doig Limited at Grimsby, England for the RN. The ship was commissioned as HMS Swanston.
  
  ## Operational history
  
  ### Australia
  
  The minesweeper was sold to the RAN in 1961, and was recommissioned as HMAS Gull on 19 July 1962.
  
  During the mid-1960s, Gull was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. This service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".
  
  ## Decommissioning and fate
  
  HMAS Gull paid off on 7 November 1969.
  
  