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HMAS INVERELL J233

Namesake:                Town of Inverell, NSW Builder:                     Mort's Dock

Laid down:                7 December 1941

Launched:                 2 May 1942

Commissioned:         17 September 1942

Decommissioned:     14 June 1946                   

 

Transferred to RNZN

Acquired:                  5 March 1952

Commissioned:        10 April 1952

Decommissioned:     1952

Recommissioned:    15 August 1965

Decommissioned:    19 August 1976

Reclassified:             Training and fisheries   

                                   protection vessel

Battle honours:

Darwin 1942

Pacific 1942–45

Fate:

Sold for scrap on 1 November 1977

 

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Displacement:                  650 tons standard

                                        1,025 tons full 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,

                                           2,000 hp

Speed:                                15 knots (28 km/h;

                                           17 mph) at 1,750 hp

Complement:                    85

Armament:                        1 × 4-inch gun

                                            3 × 20 mm Oerlikons

                                            (later reduced to 2)

                                             1 × 40 mm Bofors

                                             (installed later)

                                             Machine guns

                                             Depth charges

                                             chutes and throwers

 

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