HMAS Wollongong (J172)
HMAS Wollongong in 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Builder | Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 29 January 1941 |
| Launched | 5 July 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 11 February 1946 |
| Motto | "Heed the Call" |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Transferred to RNN |
| Badge | |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Banda |
| Namesake | Banda Islands |
| Fate | Transferred to TNI-AL |
| Indonesia | |
| Name | Radjawali |
| Namesake | Aquilinae |
| Acquired | April 1950 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 650 tons |
| Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMAS Wollongong (J172), named for the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, 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).