HMAS Cairns (J183)
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.jpg/300px-HMAS_Cairns_(AWM_045083).jpg) HMAS Cairns |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Cairns, Queensland |
| Builder: | Walkers Limited |
| Launched: | 7 October 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 11 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 January 1946 |
| Renamed: | Ambon (Royal Netherlands Navy) Bentang Indonesian Navy |
| 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. 2,000 hp |
| 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 Cairns (J183), named for the city of Cairns in Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 7 October 1941 by Mrs. R. D. Walker, wife of the works manager of Walkers Limited, and commissioned on 11 May 1942.
During World War II, Cairns served with the British Eastern Fleet from November 1942 to January 1945. Following this, she was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet.
HMAS Cairns paid off on 17 January 1946, was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed Ambon. The ship was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 6 April 1950 and renamed Bentang.
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