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| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
Town of Junee, New South Wales |
| Builder: |
Poole & Steele Limited |
| Laid down: |
17 February 1943 |
| Launched: |
16 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: |
11 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: |
21 August 1957 |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap in 1958 |
| 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, 1,800 horspeower |
| Speed: |
15 knots at 1,750 hp |
| Complement: |
85 |
| Armament: |
1 x 4-inch gun, 1 x 40mm anti-aircraft gun |
HMAS Junee (J362/M362), named for the town of Junee in New South Wales, Australia, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole & Steele Limited at Balmain in New South Wales on 17 February 1943, launched on 16 November 1943 by Mrs. J. S. Rosevear, wife of the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, and commissioned on 11 April 1944.
HMAS Junee paid off to reserve at Fremantle in Western Australia on 21 August 1957, and sold for scrap to Mr. W. G. Davies of Fremantle on 18 June 1958.
