HMAS Siesta was a channel
patrol boat operated by the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the
Royal Australian Navy during
World War II. Siesta was destroyed in an explosion and burnt to the waterline at
Fremantle,
Australia, on 23 September 1942. Four crew were injured in the explosion.
Notes
References
Cassells, Vic (1995), For those in peril- : a comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the wars of the twentieth century, Kangaroo Press,
ISBN978-0-86417-734-6