HMAS Geelong (J201)

HMAS Geelong traveling at full speed while escorting a convoy off New Guinea in September 1944
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Geelong, Victoria
Builder	HMA Naval Dockyard
Laid down	16 October 1940
Launched	22 April 1941
Commissioned	16 January 1942
Motto	"Strive To Succeed"
Honours and awards	Battle honours Pacific 1942–44 New Guinea 1944
Fate	Lost following a collision, 18 October 1944
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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, 1,750 hp
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 Geelong (J201), named for the city of Geelong, Victoria, 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]

Geelong was lost after a collision on 18 October 1944.^[1] She was one of only three Bathurst class corvettes lost during World War II.