HMAS Geraldton (J178)

History
Australia
Namesake	City of Geraldton, Western Australia
Builder	Poole & Steel
Laid down	20 November 1940
Launched	16 August 1941
Commissioned	6 April 1942
Decommissioned	14 June 1946
Motto	"Fortune to the Brave"
Honours &; awards	Battle honours:; Pacific 1942; Indian Ocean 1942–45; Sicily 1943;
Badge
Turkey
Name	Antalya
Acquired	14 June 1946
Commissioned	24 August 1946
Decommissioned	1975
Renamed	TCG Ayvalik (1963)
Fate	Removed from service
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, 2,000 hp
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun (replaced by 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun); 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (installed later); 3 × 20 mm Oerlikons (later 6, then 4); Machine guns; Depth charge chutes and throwers;

HMAS Geraldton (J178/B242/A116), named for the city of Geraldton, Western Australia, 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).