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HMAS Bunbury in February 1946 |
| Career (Australia) |
 |
| Namesake: |
City of Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Launched: |
16 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
3 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned: |
26 August 1946 |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap in 1961 |
| General characteristics |
| 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 |
The first HMAS Bunbury (J241/M241) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 16 May 1942 by Mrs. F. A. Cooper, wife of the Treasurer of Queensland, and commissioned on 3 January 1943.
HMAS Bunbury paid off to reserve on 26 August 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Kinoshita Company of Japan on 6 January 1961.
