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HMAS Parkes
HMAS Parkes
History
HMAS ParkesAustralia
NamesakeTown of Parkes, New South Wales
BuilderEvans Deakin & Co in Brisbane
Laid down16 March 1943
Launched30 October 1943
Commissioned25 May 1944
Decommissioned17 December 1945
Motto"Equals with Equals"
Honours and
awards
  • Battle honours:
  • Pacific 1944
  • New Guinea 1944
FateSold for scrap in 1957
General characteristics
Class and typeBathurst-class corvette
Displacement650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load)
Length186 ft (57 m)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsiontriple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,000 horsepower
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement85
Armament1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers

HMAS Parkes (J361), named for the town of Parkes, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed in Australia during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]

  1. ^ "HMAS Parkes (I)". Sea Power Centre Australia. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2008.

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