Bathurst class corvette
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The Bathurst class corvettes are a group of minesweepers produced in Australia during the second world war. Fifty six in total were commissioned by the Australian navy, and four by the Indian navy.

Specifications

• Length: 186 feet
• Beam: 31 feet
• Draft: 8.5 feet
• Displacement: 1,025 tons (full war load)
• Performance: 15 knots at 1750 hp
• Complement: approximately 80
• Armament Variable but including in general, one 4 inch gun, one 40mm Bofors AA gun, two single 20mm Oerlikon guns, and as many as forty depth charges.

Examples

Specific ships in the class include:

• HMAS Ararat
• HMAS Burnie
• HMAS Bundaberg
• HMAS Bunbury
• HMAS Bendigo
• HMAS Broome
• HMAS Bowen
• HMAS Benalla
• HMAS Bathurst
• HMAS Ballarat
• HMAS Cairns
• HMAS Cowra
• HMAS Cootamundra
• HMAS Colac
• HMAS Cessnock
• HMAS Castlemaine
• HMAS Fremantle
• HMAS Echuca
• HMAS Dubbo
• HMAS Deloraine
• HMAS Gawler
• HMAS Geelong
• HMAS Gladstone
• HMAS Geraldton

External Links

[Restored HMAS Castlemaine] [list and history of all this class of ships]

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