HMAS Wallaroo
Starboard side view of HMAS Wallaroo. She is painted in a two-tone grey camouflage. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Wallaroo, South Australia |
| Builder | Poole & Steel, Sydney |
| Laid down | 24 April 1941 |
| Launched | 18 February 1942 |
| Commissioned | 15 July 1942 |
| Motto | "With Might And Main" |
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| Fate | Lost following collision on 11 June 1943 |
| 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 Wallaroo (J222), named after the town of Wallaroo, South Australia, 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). Wallaroo was one of only three Bathursts lost during World War II; following a collision with US Liberty ship Henry Gilbert Costin on the night of 11 June 1943.