HMAS Townsville (J205)

HMAS Townsville in 1946
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Townsville, Queensland
Builder	Evans Deakin & Co in Brisbane, Queensland
Laid down	16 November 1940
Launched	13 May 1941
Commissioned	19 December 1941
Decommissioned	5 August 1946
Motto	"Bold and Ready"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Darwin 1942 Pacific 1942–45 New Guinea 1944
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	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 Depth charges chutes and throwers

HMAS Townsville (J205/M205/A124), named after the city of Townsville, Queensland, 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]