Decommissioning and Fate
After completing the survey work, Moresby sailed to Sydney and was decommissioned into reserve for the final time on 14 March 1946, and was sold to Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP) for scrapping on 3 February 1947. After being towed to BHP's Newcastle works, Moresby was cut down until there was only 2 feet (0.61 m) of freeboard. This 420-ton hulk was towed up the Hunter River, beached, and broken down into 30-foot (9.1 m) sections.
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