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HMAS KALGOORLIE J192

Namesake:             City of Kalgoorlie, WA

Builder:                  Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd

Laid down:             27 July 1940

Launched:              7 August 1941

Commissioned:      7 April 1942

Decommissioned:  8 May 1946

 

Battle honours:

Darwin 1942–43

Pacific 1942–43

New Guinea 1943–44

Okinawa 1945

Fate:                           Transferred to RNN

 

Netherlands

Name:                       Ternate

Acquired:                 8 May 1946

Commissioned:        8 May 1946

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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

Speed:                                  15 knots (28 km/h;

                                             17 mph) at 1,750 hp

Complement:                     85

Armament:                         1 × 4-inch gun,

                                             3 × Oerlikons,

                                             1 × Bofors,

                                             Machine guns,

                                             Depth charges

                                             chutes & throwers

Extract from Corvette Magazine January 1990

 

After 44 years – First reunion

Whyalla – South Australia – 24 to 26 April

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Comradeship Civic Reception, Anzac Day March with men of  Pirie, Whyalla, Gawler, Tour of Steelworks,

Kalgoorlie reunion dinner – more comradeship.

30 rooms at Spencer Hotel for Kalgoorlie people - $ 30 double, $ 23 single

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Extract from Corvette Magazine July 2000

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