HMAS Condamine
HMAS Condamine in 1949 | |
| History | |
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| Australia | |
| Name | Condamine |
| Namesake | Condamine River |
| Builder | State Dockyard, Newcastle |
| Laid down | 30 October 1943 |
| Launched | 4 November 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22 February 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 2 December 1955 |
| Motto | "We fight for peace" |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,537 tons (standard) |
| Length | 301 ft 7 in (91.92 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Complement | 175 |
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HMAS Condamine (K698/F698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned in 1946, Condamine served in the Korean War. The ship was paid off in 1955, and sold for scrap in 1961.