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| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
Town of Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Builder: |
Poole & Steele Limited |
| Laid down: |
26 February 1942 |
| Launched: |
3 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
30 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: |
8 June 1959 |
| Motto: |
"Service" |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap in 1962 |
| Badge: |
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| 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 |
HMAS Cootamundra (J316/M186), named for the town of Cootamundra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole & Steele Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 26 February 1942, launched on 3 December 1942 by Lady Davidson, wife of the general manager of the Bank of New South Wales, and commissioned on 30 April 1943.
Cootamundra was placed in reserve from 26 November 1945 to 12 December 1951. She paid off on 8 June 1959, was declared for disposal on 27 September 1961 and sold to Banks Brothers and Street on 28 March 1962.
