HMAS Una

HMAS Una was a Royal Australian Navy sloop that began its life as the German motor launch Komet. The ship and her 57 crew was captured by an infantry detachment of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force led by John Paton on 9 October 1914, with no loss of life. Komet was then sailed to Sydney as a prize.

HMAS Una, 1917
History
Germany
Name	Komet
Builder	Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack[1]
Launched	4 June 1911[2]
Fate	Captured by ANMEF, 10 October 1914[1]
United Kingdom
Name	Una
Commissioned	17 November 1914[1]
Decommissioned	30 June 1920[1]
Fate	Sold to Pilot Office, 27 January 1925[1]
Australia
Name	Akuna
Operator	Port Phillip Pilot Service[1]
Acquired	27 January 1925[1]
In service	1925[1]
Out of service	1953[1]
Fate	Scrapped, 1955[1]
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Displacement	977 long tons (993 t)[1]
Armament	3 × Mk.VIII 4 in (100 mm) BL guns (as HMAS Una)[3]

During the time in which Una was in service under Australia, the sloop was used as a patrol and general purpose vessel. The sloop was used to patrol the areas of New Guinea, New Britain, New Hebrides and Malayan waters.[4]

In December 1918, Una was sent to Darwin to protect Administrator John Gilruth, following the Darwin Rebellion. She arrived on Christmas Eve, anchoring beneath the Government House cliffs until HMAS Encounter arrived in early 1919.[5]

After World War I, Una was decommissioned and taken to Port Phillip Bay, renamed Akuna and used as a pilot vessel. She was finally broken up in Melbourne in 1955.