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| Career (Australia) |
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| Builder: |
HMA Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down: |
16 October 1940 |
| Launched: |
22 April 1941 |
| Commissioned: |
16 January 1942 |
| Motto: |
"Strive To Succeed" |
| Fate: |
Lost following a collision, 18 October 1944 |
| 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 |
The first HMAS Geelong (J201) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown in Victoria on 16 October 1940, launched on 22 April 1941 by Lady Dugan, wife of the Governor of Victoria, and commissioned on 16 January 1942.
[edit] Operational history
Geelong was one of several Allied vessels located in Sydney Harbour during the Japanese midget submarine attack of 31 May 1942.[1]
Geelong collided with the American tanker York and sank north of Langemak in New Guinea on 18 October 1944. No lives were lost.
[edit] References
- ^ Jenkins, David (1992). Battle Surface! Japan's Submarine War Against Australia 1942–44. Milsons Point: Random House Australia, pp 193–194. ISBN 0-09-182638-1.
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