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HMAS Gawler |
| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
Town of Gawler, South Australia |
| Builder: |
Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd |
| Launched: |
4 October 1941 |
| Acquired: |
5 April 1946 to Turkish Navy |
| Commissioned: |
14 August 1942 |
| Renamed: |
Ayvalik (1946) |
| Motto: |
"Serve With Pride" |
| Badge: |
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| 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 Royal Australian Navy vessel to be named for the town of Gawler, South Australia, HMAS Gawler (J188/B241/A115) was a Bathurst class corvette built by the BHP Shipyard at Whyalla in South Australia, launched on 4 October 1941 by Lady Duncan, wife of Sir Walter Duncan, and commissioned on 14 August 1942.
From January 1943 to May 1943, Gawler was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet.
HMAS Gawler paid off on 5 April 1946, was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed Ayvalik.
