HMAS Cessnock (J175)

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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Cessnock.
Career Australia RAN Ensign
Builder: Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down: 16 April 1941
Launched: 17 October 1941
Commissioned: 26 January 1942
Decommissioned: 12 July 1946
Status: Sold for scrap in 1947
General Characteristics
Displacement: 650 tons (standard)
Length: 186 feet
Beam: 31 feet
Draught: 8.5 feet
Propulsion: Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 1,750 hp
Speed: 15 knots
Complement: 85
Armament: 1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons (later 2), 1 Bofors (installed later), various machine guns and small arms, Depth charge chutes and throwers
Motto: "No Steps Backward"
Badge: Image:HMAS cessnock crest.gif

The first HMAS Cessnock (J175/B240/A114) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering at Sydney in New South Wales on 16 April 1941, launched on 17 October 1941 by Lady Gordon, wife of Sir Thomas Gordon, a director of the constructing firm, and commissioned on 26 January 1942.

[edit] Operational History

From December 1942 to January 1945, Cessnock was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet. Following this, she was deployed with the British Pacific Fleet.

Cessnock was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945), when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed. [1]

[edit] Fate

HMAS Cessnock paid off on 12 July 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Nan Chiao Shipping and Salvage Company of Shanghai in China on 23 April 1947.


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