Bar class boom defence vessel

Class overview
Operators:  Royal Navy
 Royal Australian Navy
Completed: 74
General characteristics [1]
Type: Boom defence vessel
Displacement: 533 long tons (542 t)
Length: 41.14 m (135 ft 0 in)
Beam: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
Draught: 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed: 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement: 30
Armament: • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.

Contents

Ships

Royal Navy

Royal Australian Navy

Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
HMAS Koala Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney 14 November 1939 Sold in 1969
HMAS Kangaroo Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney 4 May 1940 Sold in 1967
HMAS Karangi Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney 16 August 1941 Sold in 1966

References

Notes
  1. ^ Richard Pelvin with Robert Darby. "Australian War Memorial : Know your warships!". www.awm.gov.au. http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/8/articles/warships.pdf. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
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