HMAS Geraldton (J178)
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Builder: | Poole & Steele Limited |
| Launched: | 16 August 1941 |
| Acquired: | 14 June 1946 by Turkish Navy |
| Commissioned: | 6 April 1942 |
| Renamed: | Antalya (1946) |
| Motto: | "Fortune to the Brave" |
| Badge: |  |
| 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 12-pounder gun (replaced by 1x 4-inch HA gun) 1 x 40mm Bofors (installed later) 3 x 20mm Oerlikons (later 6, then 4) Machine guns Depth charge chutes and throwers |
The first ship to be named after the city of Geraldton, Western Australia, HMAS Geraldton (J178/B242/A116) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Poole & Steele Limited at Balmain in New South Wales, launched on 16 August 1941 by Mrs. W. McKell, wife of the Premier of New South Wales, and commissioned on 6 April 1942.
From August 1942 until January 1945, Geraldton was deployed with the British Eastern Fleet where she mainly served in the Indian Ocean. During mid-1943 she was transferred temporarily to the Mediterranean where she took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily. Geraldton she was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet in November 1944 and served with this fleet until the end of the war.
HMAS Geraldton paid off on 14 June 1946, was sold to the Turkish Navy on 24 August 1946 and renamed Antalya.
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