HMAS Orara

HMAS Orara (J130) was a 1,297-ton anti-submarine and depot ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

Orara was built in 1907 by Scott of Kinghorn, Kinghorn as a cargo passenger steam ship for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company.

She plyed the Clarence River to Sydney run. At the start of World War II, Orara was requisitioned in September 1939 and was commissioned on 9 October into the RAN as an auxiliary minesweeper vessel. Orara was part of the 20th Minesweeping Flotilla.

Orara was returned to owners in 1946 and was laid up in Sydney. She was sold in 1947 and was renamed Pearl River in 1948 based at Shanghai. She was renamed Hong Shan in 1949 and Santos in 1950.

Fate
Santos sank after hitting a mine in the Yangtze River on 19 June 1950, near Woosung (Wusong).