HMAS Townsville (J 205)
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 HMAS Townsville in 1946 |
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 13 May 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 19 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 August 1946 |
| Status: | Sold for scrap in 1956 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 186 feet |
| Beam: | 31 feet |
| Draught: | 8 feet 6 inches |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 2,000 hp |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4 inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons (later 2), 1 x Bofors (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charge chutes and throwers |
| Badge: |  |
The first HMAS Townsville (J 205/M 205/A 124) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 13 May 1941 by Mrs. P. E. McNeil, wife of the Third Member of the Naval Board, and commissioned on 19 December 1941. HMAS Townsville paid off to reserve on 5 August 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Hong Kong Delta Shipping Company on 8 August 1956.
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