HMAS Gawler
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the town of Gawler in South Australia.
The first HMAS Gawler (J188/B241/A115) was a Bathurst class corvette built by the BHP Shipyard at Whyalla in South Australia, launched on 4 October 1941 by Lady Duncan, wife of Sir Walter Duncan, and commissioned on 14 August 1942.
From January 1943 to May 1943, Gawler was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet.
HMAS Gawler paid off on 5 April 1946, was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed Ayvalik.
The second HMAS Gawler (FCPB 212) was a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 18 January 1982, launched on 9 July 1983 and commissioned on 27 August 1983. Gawler was decommissioned at HMAS Coonawarra on 8 July 2006.
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