HMAS Condamine
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HMAS Condamine (K698/F698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned in 1946, Condamine served in the Korean War. The ship was paid off in 1955, and sold for scrap in 1961.
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HMAS Condamine in 1949 | |
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Name | Condamine |
Namesake | Condamine River |
Builder | State Dockyard, Newcastle |
Laid down | 30 October 1943 |
Launched | 4 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 22 February 1946 |
Decommissioned | 2 December 1955 |
Motto | "We fight for peace" |
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Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | River-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,537 tons (standard) |
Length | 301 ft 7 in (91.92 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m) |
Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 shafts |
Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
Complement | 175 |
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