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HMAS GEELONG J201

Namesake:                 City of Geelong  Vic

Builder:                      HMA Naval Dockyard

Laid down:                16 October 1940

Launched:                 22 April 1941

Commissioned:        16 January 1942

Motto:                       "Strive To Succeed"

 

Battle honours

                    Pacific 1942–44

                    New Guinea 1944

Fate:

On 18 October 1944, Geelong collided with the American tanker York and sank north of Langemak, New Guinea.  No lives were lost, with the survivors picked up by York and transported to Langemak

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 engine

                                2 shafts, 1,750 hp

Speed:                    15 knots (28 km/h;

                                17 mph) at 1,750 hp

Complement:        85

Armament:            1 × 4-inch gun

                                3 × 20 mm Oerlikons

                                Machine guns

                                Depth charges chutes

                                and throwers

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