HMAS Bundaberg (J231)

HMAS Bundaberg in Sydney Harbour during 1942
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Bundaberg, Queensland
Builder	Evans Deakin and Company
Laid down	7 June 1941
Launched	1 December 1941
Commissioned	12 September 1942
Decommissioned	26 March 1946
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Pacific 1942–45 New Guinea 1943–44
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	Bathurst-class corvette
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 Mk XIX gun 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons Machine guns Depth charges chutes and throwers

HMAS Bundaberg (J231/M231), named for the city of Bundaberg, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).^[1]