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| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
Town of Cowra, New South Wales |
| Builder: |
Poole & Steele Limited |
| Laid down: |
12 August 1942 |
| Launched: |
27 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: |
8 October 1943 (first)
20 February 1951 (second) |
| Decommissioned: |
4 December 1946 (first)
26 June 1953 (second) |
| Reclassified: |
Training ship (1951) |
| 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: |
10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
15.5 knots |
| Complement: |
85 |
| Armament: |
1 x 12-pounder gun, 3 x 20mm Oerlikons |
HMAS Cowra (J351/M351), named for the town of Cowra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole & Steele Limited at Balmain in New South Wales on 12 August 1942, launched on 27 May 1943 by Mrs. P. C. Spender, wife of Mr. Percy Spender, MP, the Federal Treasurer and member of the Australian Advisory War Council, and commissioned on 8 October 1943.[1]
HMAS Cowra paid off to reserve on 4 December 1946, but recommissioned on 20 February 1951 as a training ship for National Service ratings.[1] She paid off on 26 June 1953, was sold to the Kinoshita Company in January 1961,[1] towed to Japan along with HMAS Kapunda and HMAS Rockhampton in 1962, and broken up.
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