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New Zealand)
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| Namesake: |
Town of Inverell, New South Wales |
| Builder: |
Morts Dock & Engineering Co |
| Laid down: |
7 December 1941 |
| Launched: |
2 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
17 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: |
14 June 1946 (RAN) |
| Renamed: |
HMNZS Inverell (1952) |
| 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 knots at 1,750 hp |
| Complement: |
85 |
| Armament: |
1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons (1 later replaced by 1 x Bofors), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Inverell (J233/M233) was a Bathurst class corvette, named for the town of Inverell in New South Wales
She was laid down by Morts Dock & Engineering Co at Balmain, New South Wales on 7 December 1941, launched on 2 May 1942 by Mrs. T. S. Punch, Mayoress of Inverell, and commissioned on 17 September 1942.
HMAS Inverell paid off on 14 June 1946 and was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Inverell on 5 March 1952. She was sold for scrap on 1 November 1977.
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