HMAS Cairns (J183)
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HMAS Cairns (J183), named for the city of Cairns, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]
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HMAS Cairns | |
History | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | City of Cairns, Queensland |
Builder | Walkers Limited |
Laid down | 31 March 1941 |
Launched | 7 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 11 May 1942 |
Decommissioned | 17 January 1946 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Transferred to RNLN |
Netherlands | |
Name | Ambon |
Namesake | Ambon Island |
Commissioned | 17 January 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to TNI-AL |
Indonesia | |
Name | Banteng |
Namesake | Javanese bull |
Commissioned | 6 April 1950 |
Fate | Broken up for scrap in 1968 |
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 hp |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (later 4), 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
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