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HMAS STAWELL J348

Namesake:                   Town of Stawell, Vic

Builder:                        HMA Naval Dockyard

Laid down:                  18 June 1942

Launched:                     3 April 1943

Commissioned:             7 August 1943

Decommissioned:       26 March 1946

Motto:

"Without Fear or Favour"

 

Battle honours:

Pacific 1943–45

New Guinea 1943–44

Borneo 1945

Fate:                          Sold to RNZN

New Zealand

Acquired:                 5 March 1952

Decommissioned:   Late 1950s

Fate:                          Sold for scrap in 1968

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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,

                                     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

                                      Machine guns

                                      Depth charges

                                      chutes and throwers

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