HMAS Launceston (J179)
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| Career (Australia Turkey) |
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| Namesake: | City of Launceston, Tasmania |
| Builder: | Evans Deakin & Co |
| Laid down: | 23 December 1940 |
| Launched: | 30 June 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 9 April 1942 (RAN) |
| Decommissioned: | 23 March 1946 (RAN) |
| Renamed: | HMS Launceston (Royal Navy, 1946) Ayancik (Turkish Navy, 1946) Hamit Naci (Turkish Navy, date unknown) |
| Motto: | Progress With Prudence |
| Fate: | Withdrawn from service in 1965 |
| 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, 2,000 horsepower |
| Speed: | 15 knots at 1,750 hp |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 12-pounder gun, 3 x Oerlikons (1 later removed), 1 x Bofors (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
The first HMAS Launceston (J179/B246/A120) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Evans Deakin & Co at Brisbane, Queensland on 23 December 1940, launched on 30 June 1941 by Mrs. W. Forgan-Smith, wife of the premier of Queensland, and commissioned on 9 April 1942.[1]
From September 1942 until September 1944, Launceston was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet.
HMAS Launceston paid off on 23 March 1946, and was briefly commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Launceston, prior to transfer into the Turkish Navy in late 1946.[1] Initially named Ayancik, and later renamed Hamit Naci, the ship was withdrawn from service in 1965.[1]
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