HMAS Bunbury (J241)

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HMAS Bunbury in February 1946
HMAS Bunbury in February 1946
Career (Australia) RAN ensign
Namesake: City of Bunbury, Western Australia
Builder: Evans Deakin and Company
Launched: 16 May 1942
Commissioned: 3 January 1943
Decommissioned: 26 August 1946
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1961
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
Speed: 15 knots at 1,750 hp
Complement: 85
Armament: 1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers

The first HMAS Bunbury (J241/M241) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 16 May 1942 by Mrs. F. A. Cooper, wife of the Treasurer of Queensland, and commissioned on 3 January 1943.

HMAS Bunbury paid off to reserve on 26 August 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Kinoshita Company of Japan on 6 January 1961.