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Walkers Limited |
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18 December 1943 |
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14 December 1944 |
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2 May 1946 |
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January 1962 |
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Sold to H. C. Sleigh and Company |
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HMAS Shoalhaven (K535/M535/F535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a Bay class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and commissioned at Urangan Jetty in Hervey Bay in Queensland on 2 May 1946.
HMAS Shoalhaven paid off to reserve on 19 December 1955, and was sold to H. C. Sleigh and Company, acting on behalf of Mitsubishi Australia Propriety Limited, in January 1962. This ship now has an Australian Navy Cadet Unit named after it; T.S Shoalhaven, based onboard HMAS Albatross, Nowra.
