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HMAS TAMWORTH J181

Namesake:               City of Tamworth, NSW

Builder:                    Walkers Limited

Laid down:               25 August 1941

Launched:                14 March 1942

Commissioned:        8 August 1942

Decommissioned:   30 April 1946

 

Motto:                       "Strong in Adversity"

 

Battle honours:

              Pacific 1942–45

              Indian Ocean 1943–44

Fate:                           Sold to RNN

Netherlands

Name:                        Tidore

Commissioned:        30 April 1946

Decommissioned:    December 1949

 

Fate:                           Sold to TNI-AL

Indonesia

Name:                        Pati Unus

Commissioned:        December 1949

Decommissioned:    1969

Fate:                           Disposed of

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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 × 12-pounder gun

                                  (later replaced

                                  by 1 × 4-inch gun),

                                  3 × Oerlikons

                                 (1 later removed),

                                  1 × Bofors

                                  (installed later),

                                  Machine guns,

                                  Depth charges

                                  chutes and throwers

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