HMAS Lithgow (J206)

HMAS Lithgow at Milne Bay, Papua during 1943
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Lithgow, New South Wales
Builder	Mort's Dock & Engineering Co in Sydney
Laid down	19 August 1940
Launched	21 December 1940
Commissioned	14 June 1941
Decommissioned	8 June 1948
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Darwin 1942 Pacific 1941–45 New Guinea 1942–44
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1956
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	10 ft (3.0 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

HMAS Lithgow (J206/M206), named for the city of Lithgow, New South Wales, 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]