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.jpg) Sailing for Antarctica from Williamstown, Victoria, 19 December 1947.
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Name | Wyatt Earp |
| Namesake | Wyatt Earp |
| Builder | Bolsønes Shipyard, Molde, Norway |
| Laid down | 1918 |
| Launched | 1919 |
| Acquired | February 1939 |
| Commissioned | 25 October 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 19 July 1944 |
| Renamed | FV Fanefjord, MV Wyatt Earp, HMAS Wongala, HMAS Wyatt Earp, MV Wongala, MV Natone |
| Reclassified | Antarctic supply ship |
| Stricken | 30 June 1948 |
| Reinstated | 17 November 1947 |
| Homeport | Adelaide, South Australia and Melbourne |
| Fate | Aground, 23–24 January 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 408 tonnes (402 tons) |
| Length | 41.3 m (135 ft) |
| Beam | 8.9 m (29 ft) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesels driving single screw |
| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) |
| Endurance | 63 days at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Machine guns |
| Aircraft carried | 1–2 OS2U Kingfisher amphibian, carried as deck cargo |
HMAS Wyatt Earp (formerly known as FV Fanefjord, MV Wyatt Earp, and HMAS Wongala) was a motor vessel commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1948.