HMAS Echuca

History
Australia
Namesake	Town of Echuca, Victoria
Builder	HMA Naval Dockyard
Laid down	22 February 1941
Launched	17 January 1942
Commissioned	7 September 1942
Decommissioned	August 1946
Recommissioned	January 1947
Decommissioned	28 June 1948
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Pacific 1944–44 New Guinea 1943–44
Fate	Transferred to RNZN
New Zealand
Acquired	5 March 1952
Commissioned	May 1952
Decommissioned	April 1953 into reserve[citation needed]
Fate	Sold for scrap 11 April 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	650 tons standard 1,025 tons full 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, 2,000 ihp
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun 3 × 20 mm Oerlikons Machine guns Depth charges chutes and throwers

HMAS Echuca (J252/M252), named for the town of Echuca, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).^[1]