&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMAS_Dubbo_launch_(AWM_011737).jpg) HMAS Dubbo being launched
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Builder | Mort's Dock & Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 13 October 1941 |
| Launched | 7 March 1942 |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 1947 |
| Motto | "Fight to the Finish" |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1958 |
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| 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 Dubbo (J251/M251), named for the city of Dubbo, 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]
- ^ "HMAS Dubbo (I)". HMA Ship Histories. Sea Power Centre – Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 23 December 2008.