HMAS Cessnock (J175)
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 17 October 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 July 1946 |
| Status: | Sold for scrap in 1947 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 650 tons (standard) |
| Length: | 186 feet |
| Beam: | 31 feet |
| Draught: | 8.5 feet |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 1,750 hp |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons (later 2), 1 Bofors (installed later), various machine guns and small arms, Depth charge chutes and throwers |
| Motto: | "No Steps Backward" |
| Badge: |  |
The first HMAS Cessnock (J175/B240/A114) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering at Sydney in New South Wales on 16 April 1941, launched on 17 October 1941 by Lady Gordon, wife of Sir Thomas Gordon, a director of the constructing firm, and commissioned on 26 January 1942.
[edit] Operational History
From December 1942 to January 1945, Cessnock was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet. Following this, she was deployed with the British Pacific Fleet.
Cessnock was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945), when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed. [1]
[edit] Fate
HMAS Cessnock paid off on 12 July 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Nan Chiao Shipping and Salvage Company of Shanghai in China on 23 April 1947.
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