HMAS Warrego (U73)

History
Australia
Namesake	Warrego River
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down	10 May 1939
Launched	10 February 1940
Commissioned	21 August 1940
Decommissioned	1966
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Darwin 1942; Pacific 1941–45; New Guinea 1942; Lingayen Gulf 1945; Borneo 1945; Plus two inherited honours;
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	1,060 tons (standard), 1,515 tons (full load)
Length	266 ft (81 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Parsons, steam turbines, 2 shafts. 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	135
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns; 4 × QF 3-pounder guns; 1 × machine gun; 2 × Depth charge throwers; 2 × twin tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMAS Warrego (L73/U73), named for the Warrego River, was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).