HMAS Bowen
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| Builder: | Walkers Limited |
| Laid down: | 9 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 11 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 9 November 1942 |
| Struck: | 18 May 1956 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
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| Displacement: | 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length: | 186 feet |
| Beam: | 31 feet |
| Draught: | 8.5 feet |
| Speed: | 15 knots at 1750 hp |
| Complement: | approximately 80 sailors |
| Armament: | Armament Variable - but including in general: 1x twelve pounder gun, 1x 4 inch gun, 1x 40mm Bofors AA gun, 3x single 20mm Oerlikon guns, up to 40x depth charges |
HMAS Bowen (J-285/M-285), named for the town of Bowen, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland on 9 February 1942, launched on 11 June 1942 by Mrs. George Crittal and commissioned on 9 November 1942. HMAS Bowen paid off on 17 January 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Hong Kong Rolling Mills on 18 May 1956.
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