HMAS Duntroon was a troopship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1946 to 1949. Built in 1935 as MV Duntroon for the Melbourne Steamship Company, the ship was offered for conversion into an armed merchant cruiser at the start of World War II, but was not accepted. In 1942, the ship was requesitioned by the Australian Army for use as a troopship, and became HMAT Duntroon. Her army service continued until 1946, when she was chartered by the RAN for transport duties with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Duntroon was returned to her civilian owners in 1950. In 1961, the ship was sold to Kie Hock Shipping Co. and renamed Tong Hoo. She was sold again in 1966 to Africa Shipping Co. and renamed Lydia. The ship was laid up in Singapore in 1967, and sailed to Taiwan for scrapp
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