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History
HMAS CootamundraAustralia
NamesakeTown of Cootamundra, New South Wales
BuilderPoole & Steel
Laid down26 February 1942
Launched3 December 1942
Commissioned30 April 1943
Decommissioned26 November 1945
Recommissioned12 December 1951
Decommissioned8 June 1959
ReclassifiedTraining ship (1951)
Motto"Service"
Honours and
awards
  • Battle honours:
  • Darwin 1943
  • Pacific 1943–45
  • New Guinea 1944
FateSold for scrap in 1962
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeBathurst-class corvette
Displacement
  • 650 tons standard
  • 1,025 tons full load
Length186 ft 2 in (56.74 m)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Propulsiontriple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,000 hp
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement85
Armament
  • 1 × 4 inch Mk XVI gun
  • 1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60

HMAS Cootamundra (J316/M186), named for the town of Cootamundra, 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).[1]

  1. ^ "HMAS Cootamundra". HMA Ship Histories. Sea Power Centre – Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 23 December 2008.

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