HMAS Deloraine
HMAS Deloraine in 1944 | |
| History | |
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| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Deloraine, Tasmania |
| Builder | Mort's Dock & Engineering Co |
| Laid down | 19 March 1941 |
| Launched | 26 July 1941 |
| Commissioned | 22 November 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1948 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMAS Deloraine (J232/M232), named for the town of Deloraine, Tasmania, 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). In January 1942 she evaded an attack by the Japanese submarine I-124 north-west of Darwin and was jointly credited with the submarine's sinking after inflicting the initial damage. She was present at the bombing of Darwin and survived unscathed.