HMAS Wollongong (J172)
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.jpg/300px-HMAS_Wollongong_(AWM_016260).jpg) HMAS Wollongong in 1943 |
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| Namesake: | City of Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Builder: | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd |
| Laid down: | 29 January 1941 |
| Launched: | 5 July 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 23 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 February 1946 (RAN) |
| Renamed: | Banda (Royal Netherlands Navy), Radjawali (Indonesian Navy) |
| Motto: | "Heed the Call" |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap in 1968 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bathurst class corvette |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 186 ft (57 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 2,000 hp |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4 inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons (later 2), 1 x Bofors (later), Machine guns, Depth charge chutes and throwers |
The first Australian naval ship to be named after the city of Wollongong, HMAS Wollongong (J172) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd on the 29 January 1941, launched 5 July 1941, by Mrs Beasley, wife of the Minister for Supply and Shipping, and commissioned 23 October 1941.
During her career, Wollongong was part of the British Eastern Fleet.
On 11 February 1946, Wollongong paid off at Sydney in preparation for transfer to the Royal Netherlands Navy. She had steamed more than a quarter of a million miles during her commission with the Royal Australian Navy. Renamed HNLMS Banda, she served with the Royal Netherlands Navy until April 1950, when she was handed over to the newly created Indonesian Navy, being renamed Radjawali. Jane's Fighting Ships reports that, in April 1968, the vessel was scrapped in Hong Kong.
[edit] References
- HMAS Wollongong I - HMA Ships Histories. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
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