Bathurst-class corvette of the Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Colac in 1952
History
Australia
Namesake
Town of Colac, Victoria
Builder
Mort's Dock and Engineering Company
Laid down
18 April 1941
Launched
30 August 1941
Commissioned
6 January 1942
Decommissioned
27 November 1945
Recommissioned
20 February 1951
Decommissioned
30 January 1953
Out of service
1983
Reclassified
Training ship (1951–1953)
Tank cleaning ship (1962–1983)
Honours and awards
Battle honours: Pacific 1942–45
New Guinea 1942–44
Fate
Torpedoed by HMAS Ovens on 4 March 1987 in a weapons test
General characteristics
Class and type
Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement
650 tons standard
1,025 tons full 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 (later replaced by 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun)
3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (installed later)
Machine guns
Depth charges chutes and throwers
HMAS Colac (J242/M05), named for the town of Colac, Victoria, 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).[1]
^"HMAS Colac". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
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