List of Bathurst-class corvettes
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Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Bathurst-class corvettes were a ship class of sixty vessels built in Australia during World War II and initially operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the British Admiralty (although the ships were crewed by and commissioned into the RAN) and the Royal Indian Navy. Following the conclusion of World War II, many of the ships were sold or transferred to other organisations, and saw service in the Royal Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Indonesian Navy, Turkish Navy, Pakistan Navy and civilian service.
This list is divided into two sections. The first section, Primary service, lists the sixty vessels during their initial period of service, up until their decommissioning. Secondary service lists any vessels which later served in other navies, entered civilian service, or were recommissioned into the RAN for training purposes.
Primary service
36 of the Bathurst class were constructed for and crewed by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). All of the four corvettes lost during activities related to World War II are in this group.
20 Bathurst-class ships were constructed for the British Admiralty, but were crewed by and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.
4 Bathurst-class corvettes were constructed for the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). On 15 August 1947, India gained independence from the British Empire. After this date, the navy was referred to as the Indian Navy, and the prefix of all ships was changed from HMIS to INS.
| Prefix | Name | Operator | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Paid off | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMAS | Ararat | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold into private ownership, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Armidale | RAN | Mort's Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | - | Sunk by 13 Japanese aircraft, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Ballarat | Admiralty | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold into private ownership |
| HMAS | Bathurst | Admiralty | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Benalla | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Bendigo | Admiralty | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1946-09-27 | Sold into private ownership, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMIS | Bengal | RIN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1960 | - |
| HMIS | Bombay | RIN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1960 | Sold for scrap, 1961 |
| HMAS | Broome | Admiralty | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Turkish Navy |
| HMAS | Bowen | RAN | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Bunbury | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Bundaberg | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1946-03-26 | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Burnie | Admiralty | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Cairns | Admiralty | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Castlemaine | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Training hulk at HMAS Cerberus until 1973-09, museum ship since late 1973 |
| HMAS | Cessnock | Admiralty | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Colac | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Tank cleaning vessel until 1983-09-30, sunk as a target by HMAS Ovens on 1987-03-04 |
| HMAS | Cootamundra | RAN | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, 1962-03-28 |
| HMAS | Cowra | RAN | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, 1961-01 |
| HMAS | Deloraine | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, 1956-08-08 |
| HMAS | Dubbo | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Echuca | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy, 1952-03-05 |
| HMAS | Fremantle | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Recommissioned as training ship, 1952 |
| HMAS | Gawler | Admiralty | BHP | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Turkish Navy, 1946-04-05 |
| HMAS | Geelong | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | - | Sunk following collision, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Geraldton | Admiralty | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Turkish Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Gladstone | RAN | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold into civilian service, 1956 |
| HMAS | Glenelg | RAN | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Goulburn | Admiralty | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold into civilian service, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Gympie | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Horsham | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Inverell | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Ipswich | Admiralty | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Junee | RAN | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Recommissioned as training ship, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Kalgoorlie | Admiralty | BHP | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1946-05-08 | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Kapunda | RAN | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Katoomba | RAN | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Kiama | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy, 1952-03-05 |
| HMAS | Latrobe | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Launceston | Admiralty | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Turkish Navy, 1946 |
| HMAS | Lismore | Admiralty | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Lithgow | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Maryborough | Admiralty | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1945-12 | Sold into private ownership, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMIS | Madras | RIN | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1960 | - |
| HMAS | Mildura | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Recommissioned as training ship, 1951 |
| HMAS | Pirie | Admiralty | BHP | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Turkish Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Parkes | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMIS | Punjab | RIN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1949 | Transferred to Pakistan during Partition of India. |
| HMAS | Rockhampton | RAN | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Shepparton | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Stawell | RAN | HMA Naval Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Strahan | RAN | NSW State Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Tamworth | Admiralty | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Townsville | RAN | Evans Deakin & Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Toowoomba | Admiralty | Walkers Limited | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Wagga | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Recommissioned as training ship, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Wallaroo | RAN | Poole & Steel | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | - | Sunk following collision, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Warrnambool | RAN | Morts Dock & Engineering Company | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | - | Sunk by mine, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Whyalla | Admiralty | BHP | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold into private ownership, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| HMAS | Wollongong | Admiralty | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
Secondary service
| Prefix | Name | Original name | Operator | Origin | Commissioned/entered service | Decommissioned/left service | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMNZS | Inverell | HMAS Inverell | Royal New Zealand Navy | Acquired from RAN | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | Sold for scrap, Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". |
| Isobel Queen | HMAS Maryborough | Australian General Trading and Shipping Syndicate | Purchased from RAN | 9 May 1947 | c. 1953 | Sold for scrap in 1953 | |
| HMAS | Mildura | HMAS Mildura | Royal Australian Naval Reserve | Recommissioned as training vessel for National Service trainees | 20 February 1951 | 11 September 1953 | Towed to Brisbane for use as immobilised training hulk |
| Mildura | HMAS Mildura | Royal Australian Naval Reserve | Used as immobilised training hulk | 8 December 1954 | c. 1965 | Sold for scrap on 8 September 1965 | |
| HMS | Pirie | HMAS Pirie | Royal Navy | Acquired from RAN | 5 April 1946 | c. 1946 | Transferred into the Turkish Navy |
| TCG | Amasra | HMAS Pirie | Turkish Navy | Acquired from Royal Navy | c. 1946 | 26 March 1984 | Left service |
| HMNZS | Stawell | HMAS Stawell | Royal New Zealand Navy | Acquired from RAN | 5 March 1952 | c. late 1950s | Sold for scrap in July 1968 |
| HNLMS | Tidore | HMAS Tamworth | Royal Netherlands Navy | Acquired from RAN | 30 April 1946 | c. December 1949 | Transferred to the Indonesian Navy |
| KRI | Pati Unus | HMAS Tamworth | Indonesian Navy | Acquired from the Royal Netherlands Navy | c. December 1949 | c. 1969 | Left service |
| HNLMS | Boeroe | HMAS Toowoomba | Royal Netherlands Navy | Acquired from RAN | 5 June 1946 | c. 1958 | Left service |
| HNLMS | Morotai | HMAS Ipswich | Royal Netherlands Navy | Acquired from RAN | 5 July 1946 | c. 1949 | Transferred to the Indonesian Navy |
| KRI | Hang Tuah | HMAS Ipswich | Indonesian Navy | Acquired from the Royal Netherlands Navy | c. 1949 | 28 April 1958[1] | Destroyed by mercenaries[1] |
| HMAS | Wagga | HMAS Wagga | Royal Australian Naval Reserve | Recommissioned as training vessel for National Service trainees | 12 December 1951 | 28 October 1960 | Sold for scrap in March 1962 |
| Rip | HMAS Whyalla | Victorian Public Works Department | Acquired from RAN | 10 February 1947 | c. 1984 | Sold to Whyalla City Council | |
| HMAS | Whyalla | HMAS Whyalla | Whyalla City Council | Victorian Public Works Department | c. late 1984 | - | Museum ship |
| HMAS Ararat | Burns Philp of Darwin | Acquired from RAN | 6 January 1961 | c. 1961 | Sold to Fujita Salvage Company of Japan | ||
| HMAS Ararat | Fujita Salvage Company of Japan | Acquired from Burns Philp of Darwin | c. 1961 | Scrapped | |||
| Carmencita | HMAS Ballarat | Ta Hing Company (Hong Kong) Ltd | Acquired from RAN | December 1950 | c. 1953 | Sold for scrap | |
| Cheung Hing | HMAS Bendigo | Ta Hing Company (Hong Kong) Ltd | Acquired from RAN | 5 May 1947 | - | Acquired by People's Liberation Army Navy | |
| Loyang | HMAS Bendigo | People's Liberation Army Navy | Acquired from Ta Hing Company (Hong Kong) Ltd | - | c. 1988 | Last record of service | |
| HMNZS | Kiama | HMAS Kiama | Royal New Zealand Navy | Acquired from the RAN | date unknown | 19 August 1976 | Disposed of |
| HNLMS | Ceram | HMAS Burnie | Royal Netherlands Navy | Acquired from the RAN | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1958 | Left service |
| HNLMS | Ambon | HMAS Cairns | Royal Netherlands Navy | Acquired from the RAN | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | 1950 | Transferred to the Indonesian Navy |
| KRI | Banteng | HMAS Cairns | Indonesian Navy | Acquired from the Royal Netherlands Navy | Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". | c. 1968 | Sold for scrap |
Citations
Unless indicated here, all information is taken from each ship's corresponding Ship History page on the Sea Power Centre website.
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