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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin Ltd, Brisbane |
| Laid down: |
July 6, 1942 |
| Launched: |
February 20, 1943 |
| Commissioned: |
June 16, 1943 |
| Decommissioned: |
April 11, 1947 |
| Status: |
Sold for scrap |
| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
650 tons |
| Length: |
186 feet |
| Beam: |
31 feet |
| Draught: |
8.5 feet |
| Propulsion: |
triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
15 knots |
| Complement: |
85 |
| Armament: |
1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Ararat was a Bathurst class corvette, named for the town of Ararat in Victoria, laid down by Evans Deakins and Company at Brisbane in Queensland on July 6, 1942, launched on February 20, 1943 by Mrs. A. W. Fadden, wife of the leader of the Australian Country Party and commissioned on June 16, 1943. HMAS Ararat paid off to reserve on April 11, 1947, and was sold to Burns Philp and Company of Darwin on January 6, 1961. She was later sold to Japanese interests and left Darwin on July 20 1961 under the control of the Fujita Salvage Company of Japan.
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