HMAS Inverell
HMAS Inverell transferring liberated prisoners of war to HMAS Maidstone off Makassar, Dutch East Indies in September 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Inverell, New South Wales |
| Builder | Mort's Dock & Engineering Co |
| Laid down | 7 December 1941 |
| Launched | 2 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 14 June 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J233 or M233 |
| Fate | Transferred to RNZN |
| New Zealand | |
| Acquired | 5 March 1952 |
| Commissioned | 10 April 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 15 August 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 19 August 1976 |
| Reclassified | Training and fisheries protection vessel |
| Honours & awards | |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 1 November 1977 |
| General characteristics in RAN service | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement |
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| 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 ihp (1,500 kW) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMAS Inverell, named for the town of Inverell, 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).
After World War II, the corvette was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), where she served from 1952 to 1976.