HMAS Ipswich (J186)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Ipswich.
HMAS Ipswich (J186/B244/A118), named for the city of Ipswich, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes built during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[2]
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HMAS Ipswich in 1944 | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | City of Ipswich, Queensland |
Builder | Evans Deakin & Co, Brisbane |
Laid down | 6 March 1941 |
Launched | 11 August 1941 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1942 |
Decommissioned | 5 July 1946 |
Motto | "Dare to Defy" |
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Fate | Transferred to the Netherlands |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Morotai |
Namesake | Morotai Island |
Commissioned | 5 July 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1949 |
Fate | Transferred to Indonesia |
Indonesia | |
Name | Hang Tuah |
Namesake | Hang Tuah |
Commissioned | 1949 |
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Class and type | Bathurst-class corvette |
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Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
Complement | 85 |
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Ipswich was later operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) as HNLMS Morotai, and by the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) as KRI Hang Tuah.[2] In Indonesian service in 1958 the ship was attacked by a CIA aircraft[1] and sunk with considerable loss of life.[3]