&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMAS_Whyalla_J153_2005.JPG) HMAS Whyalla
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Whyalla |
| Builder | BHP, Whyalla |
| Yard number | 8 |
| Laid down | 24 July 1940 |
| Launched | 12 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 8 January 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 16 May 1946 |
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| Fate | Sold into civilian service |
| Victorian Public Works Department | |
| Name | Rip |
| Acquired | 10 February 1947 |
| In service | 1947 |
| Out of service | 1984 |
| Reclassified | Lighthouse maintenance vessel |
| Fate | Sold in 1984 |
| Whyalla City Council | |
| Name | Whyalla |
| Acquired | Late 1984 |
| Status | Landlocked museum ship |
| General characteristics during RAN service | |
| Class and type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 733 tons (standard) |
| 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 |
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HMAS Whyalla (J153/B252), named for the city of Whyalla 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). The ship was sold to the Victorian Public Works Department at the end of the war, who renamed her Rip and used her as a maintenance ship. In 1984, she was purchased by Whyalla City Council, who put her on display as a landlocked museum ship in 1987.