HMAS Junee
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HMAS Junee (J362/M362), named for the town of Junee, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]
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HMAS Junee as a training ship in 1954. Her wartime armament has been replaced with two 40 mm Bofors guns. | |
History | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | Town of Junee, New South Wales |
Builder | Poole & Steel |
Laid down | 17 February 1943 |
Launched | 16 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 11 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 21 January 1946 |
Recommissioned | 25 February 1953 |
Decommissioned | 21 August 1957 |
Reclassified | Training ship (1953) |
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Fate | Sold for scrap in 1958 |
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, 1,800 horspeower |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 1 × 4-inch gun 1 × 40 mm anti-aircraft gun |
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