.png) HMNZS Awatere on a slipway.
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| History | |
|---|---|
  New Zealand | |
| Name | Awatere |
| Builder | Patent Slip, Wellington |
| Laid down | 14 March 1942 |
| Launched | 26 September 1942 |
| Commissioned | 26 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: T25/T397 |
| Fate | Sold to Arthur. A. Murrell of Sydney |
 Australia | |
| Name | Awatere |
| Owner | Arthur. A. Murrell |
| Acquired | 1946 |
| In service | 1946 |
| Out of service | October 1946 |
| Fate | Purchased by the Australian Commonwealth Government, allocated to the UNRRA. |
| Australia | |
| Name | Awatere |
| Owner | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| In service | 1946 |
| Fate | Last seen fishing October 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Castle-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 625 tons |
| Length | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw, triple reciprocating engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 |
| Complement | 12 (after conversion to a fishing trawler) |
HMNZS Awatere was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class ships built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II.