HMAS Pirie (J-189)

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See also: HMAS Pirie for other ships with the same name

Career Australia
Builder:	Broken Hill Propriety Shipyard
Laid down:
Launched:	3 December 1941
Commissioned:	10 October 1942
Decommissioned:	5 April 1946
Renamed:	Amasra
Status:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,025 tons (full war load)
Length:	186 feet
Beam:	31 feet
Draught:	8.5 feet
Speed:	15 knots at 1750 hp
Complement:	approximately 80 sailors
Armament:	Armament Variable - but including in general: 1x twelve pounder gun, 1x 4 inch gun, 1x 40mm Bofors AA gun, 3x single 20mm Oerlikon guns, up to 40x depth charges

HMAS Pirie (J-189/B-249/A-123), named for the city of Port Pirie in South Australia, was a Bathurst class corvette built by the Broken Hill Propriety Shipyard at Whyalla in South Australia, launched on 3 December 1941 by Mrs. H. T. Kleeman, wife of the Whyalla superintendent of BHP, and commissioned on 10 October 1942. HMAS Pirie paid off on 5 April 1946, was transferred to Turkey and renamed Amasra.

HMAS Prire II, a member of the Armidale class of patrol boats, was named after this vessel.

Bathurst-class corvette

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