 She was then land-cradled at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 9 June 1966.She arrived in Sydney as deck cargo on board the freighter "Gladstone Star" on 3 September 1967.Although she was due to be converted into a diving tender and renamed "Otter" (Y.299), she remained in reserve in a cradle at Garden Island, Sydney.