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| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
City of Horsham, Victoria |
| Builder: |
HMA Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down: |
26 June 1941 |
| Launched: |
16 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
18 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: |
17 December 1945 |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap in 1956 |
| 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 horsepower |
| Speed: |
15.5 knots |
| Complement: |
85 |
| Armament: |
1 x 12-pounder gun, 1 x 2-pounder gun, 1 twin 0.5-inch gun |
HMAS Horsham (J235/M235), named for the city of Horsham in Victoria, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 26 June 1941, launched on 16 May 1942 and commissioned on 18 November 1942.
HMAS Horsham paid off on 17 December 1945 and was sold for scrap to the Delta Shipping Company of Hong Kong on 8 August 1956.
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