HMAS Cootamundra
| History | |
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| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Builder | Poole & Steel |
| Laid down | 26 February 1942 |
| Launched | 3 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 26 November 1945 |
| Recommissioned | 12 December 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 8 June 1959 |
| Reclassified | Training ship (1951) |
| Motto | "Service" |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1962 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 186 ft 2 in (56.74 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,000 hp |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMAS Cootamundra (J316/M186), named for the town of Cootamundra, 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).