HMAS Echuca
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| Career (Australia) |  Royal Australian Navy |
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| Namesake: | City of Echuca, Victoria |
| Builder: | HMA Naval Dockyard |
| Launched: | 17 January 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 7 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 June 1948 |
| Career (New Zealand) |  Royal New Zealand Navy |
| Commissioned: | 7 June 1952 |
| Decommissioned: | April 1953 |
| Status: | Sold for scrap 11 April 1967 |
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| Class and type: | Bathurst class corvette |
| Displacement: | 650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length: | 186 ft (57 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots at 1,750 hp |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Echuca (J252/M252) was a Bathurst class corvette named for Echuca in Victoria.
She was built by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown in Victoria, launched on 17 January 1942 by Lady Royle, wife of Sir Guy Royle, and commissioned on 7 September 1942.
HMAS Echuca paid off on 29 June 1948, was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 5 March 1952 where she served as HMNZS Echuca until sold for scrap on 11 April 1967.
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