
RANCA NSW
HMAS BURNIE J198



Namesake: City of Burnie, Tasmania
Builder: Mort's Dock
Laid down: 4 June 1940
Launched: 25 October 1940
Commissioned: 15 April 1941
Decommissioned: 5 July 1946
Battle honours:
Pacific 1942–45
Indian Ocean 1942–44
Okinawa 1945
Fate: Transferred to RNN
Class & type: Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement: 650 tons (standard),
1,025 tons (full war load)
Length: 186 ft (57 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught: 8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion,
2 shafts. 2,000 hp
Speed: 15 knots
(28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement: 85
Armament: 1 × 4 inch gun,
Depth charge chutes
and throwers