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HMAS Bowen
Bathurst-class corvette of the Royal Australian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMAS Bowen (J285/M285), named for the town of Bowen, Queensland, was a Bathurst-class corvette of the Royal Australian Navy.
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Namesake | Town of Bowen, Queensland |
Builder | Walkers Limited |
Laid down | 9 February 1942 |
Launched | 11 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 9 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 17 January 1946 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bathurst-class corvette |
Displacement | 650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |
Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
Propulsion | Triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
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