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HMAS Bundaberg in Sydney Harbour during 1942 |
| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
City of Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Launched: |
1 December 1941 |
| Commissioned: |
12 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: |
26 March 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 Bundaberg (J231/M231), named for the city of Bundaberg, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 1 December 1941 by Mrs. W. S. Hurwood, wife of the Director of Evans Deakin, and commissioned on 12 September 1942.
HMAS Bundaberg paid off to reserve on 26 March 1946 and sold for scrap to the Kinoshita Company of Japan on 6 January 1961.
