HMAS Kapunda

History
Australia
Namesake	Town of Kapunda, South Australia
Builder	Poole & Steel
Laid down	27 August 1941
Launched	23 June 1942
Commissioned	21 October 1942
Decommissioned	14 January 1946
Motto	Protect And Avenge
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Pacific 1942–44 New Guinea 1943–44
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	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, 1,800 hp
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	77
Armament	1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun 3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns Depth charge chutes and throwers

HMAS Kapunda (J218/M218), named for the town of Kapunda, South Australia, 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]