HMAS Glenelg (J236)

HMAS Glenelg
History
Australia
Namesake	Town of Glenelg, South Australia
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down	2 March 1942
Launched	25 September 1942
Commissioned	16 November 1942
Decommissioned	14 January 1946
Motto	"Staunch In Defiance"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Pacific 1942–45 New Guinea 1943–44
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1957
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 4 × depth charges chutes 2 × depth charge throwers

HMAS Glenelg (J236/M236), named for the city of Glenelg, South Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvette constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).^[1]