top of page

HMAS BURNIE J198

BURNIE BADGE.jpg
Burnie1.jpg

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

bottom of page