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HMAS ShoalhavenAustralia
NameShoalhaven
NamesakeShoalhaven River
BuilderWalkers, Maryborough
Laid down18 December 1943
Launched14 December 1944
Commissioned2 May 1946
Decommissioned19 December 1955
Motto"Let us follow the heavenly light"[1]
Honours and
awards
  • Battle honours:
  • Korea 1950
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and typeModified River-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1537 tons standard
  • 2200 tons full load
Length301 ft 7 in (91.92 m)
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion, 2 shafts
Speed19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Complement175
Armament
  • 4 × 4-inch guns
  • 3 × 40 mm Bofors
  • 4 × 20 mm Oerlikons
  • 1 × Hedgehog
  • 4 × depth charge throwers

HMAS Shoalhaven (K535/M535/F535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a modified River-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by Walkers at Maryborough on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and commissioned at Urangan Pier in Hervey Bay in Queensland on 2 May 1946. Her first commander was Commander Rodney Rhoades.[2]

  1. ^ "Souvenir pennant : HMAS Shoalhaven". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference navyfleet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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