HMAS Diamantina (K377)

	HMAS Diamantina in the South Brisbane Dry Dock in 2008
History
Australia
Name	Diamantina
Namesake	Diamantina River
Builder	Walkers Limited, Maryborough
Laid down	12 April 1943
Launched	6 April 1944
Commissioned	27 April 1945
Decommissioned	9 August 1946
Recommissioned	22 June 1959
Decommissioned	21 February 1980
Motto	"Whoever Leads Protects"
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Pacific 1945;
Status	Preserved as a museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum
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General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,420 long tons (1,440 t; 1,590 short tons); 2,020 long tons (2,050 t; 2,260 short tons) (deep load);
Length	283 ft (86.3 m) p/p; 301 ft 3 in (91.8 m) o/a;
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m); 13 ft (4.0 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	500 long tons (510 t; 560 short tons) oil fuel; 5,180 nautical miles (9,590 km; 5,960 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	140
Armament	2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.XVI guns, single mounts HA/LA Mk.XX; 8 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mounts Mk.III, later;; 3 × QF 40 mm Bofors, single mounts Mk.VII; 4 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, twin mounts Mk.V; 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector; up to 50 depth charges;

HMAS Diamantina (K377/F377/A266/GOR266), named after the Diamantina River in Queensland, is a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed in the mid-1940s, Diamantina was active from 1945 until 1946, was placed in reserve, then was recommissioned as a survey ship from 1959 until 1980.

Following her second decommissioning, the frigate was preserved at the Queensland Maritime Museum as a museum ship. She was the last World War II-era frigate to leave RAN service, and of the 151 River-class frigates constructed for 19 navies worldwide, Diamantina is one of only two preserved as a museum ship.^[a]

^ Aung, Wayne (25 May 2019). "သမိုင်းထဲက မေယု စစ်သင်္ဘောကြီ" [The Messiah's Great Warship in History]. burma.irrawaddy.com (in Burmese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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[1] Aung, Wayne (25 May 2019). "သမိုင်းထဲက မေယု စစ်သင်္ဘောကြီ" [The Messiah's Great Warship in History]. burma.irrawaddy.com (in Burmese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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History
HMAS Diamantina in the South Brisbane Dry Dock in 2008
Australia
Name	Diamantina
Namesake	Diamantina River
Builder	Walkers Limited, Maryborough
Laid down	12 April 1943
Launched	6 April 1944
Commissioned	27 April 1945
Decommissioned	9 August 1946
Recommissioned	22 June 1959
Decommissioned	21 February 1980
Motto	"Whoever Leads Protects"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Pacific 1945
Status	Preserved as a museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,420 long tons (1,440 t; 1,590 short tons) 2,020 long tons (2,050 t; 2,260 short tons) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.3 m) p/p 301 ft 3 in (91.8 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m); 13 ft (4.0 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	500 long tons (510 t; 560 short tons) oil fuel; 5,180 nautical miles (9,590 km; 5,960 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	140
Armament	2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.XVI guns, single mounts HA/LA Mk.XX 8 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mounts Mk.III, later; 3 × QF 40 mm Bofors, single mounts Mk.VII 4 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, twin mounts Mk.V 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 50 depth charges