HMAS Tamworth
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History | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | City of Tamworth, New South Wales |
Builder | Walkers Limited in Maryborough, Queensland |
Laid down | 25 August 1941 |
Launched | 14 March 1942 |
Commissioned | 8 August 1942 |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1946 |
Motto | "Strong in Adversity" |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sold to RNLN |
Netherlands | |
Name | Tidore |
Namesake | Tidore Island |
Commissioned | 30 April 1946 |
Decommissioned | December 1949 |
Fate | Sold to TNI-AL |
Indonesia | |
Name | Pati Unus |
Namesake | Pati Unus, Sultan of Demak |
Commissioned | December 1949 |
Decommissioned | 1969 |
Fate | Disposed of |
General characteristics during Admiralty service | |
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 × 12-pounder gun (later replaced by 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun), 3 × Oerlikons (1 later removed), 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Tamworth (J181/B250/A124), named for the city of Tamworth, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] Tamworth later saw service in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) and in the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL).[1]