HMAS Warrnambool (J202)
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| period of service | |
| Builder: | Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd , Sydney |
| Keel laying: | November 13, 1940 |
| Launch: | May 8, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | September 23, 1941 |
| Fate: | On September 13, 1947 run into a sea mine near Cockburn Reef and sunk |
| Technical specifications | |
| Ship type : | corvette |
| Displacement : | 650 ts standard 1025 ts maximum |
| Length: | 57.7 m |
| Width: | 9.1 m |
| Draft : | 2.6 m |
| Drive: | 2 Admirality 3-drum steam boiler 2 triple expansion steam engines 1750 WPS on 2 screws |
| Speed: | 15 kn |
| Crew: | 80 |
| Armament: | 1 × 4 inch gun 1 x 40 mm Bofors - Flak 3 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannons up to 40 depth charges |
The first ship of the Royal Australian Navy , which was named HMAS Warrnambool was wearing a Corvette of Bathurst class during the Second World War . A total of 60 ships of this class were built during the war in Australia as part of the war emergency program as mine sweepers, 36 for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Warrnambool ), 20 for the British Admiralty , but manned and used by the Royal Australian Navy, and four more for the Royal Indian Navy . The ship was named after the city of Warrnambool in the Australian state of Victoria .
The ship served the Royal Australian Navy during World War II and was mainly used for troop transport, rescue missions and submarine hunting .
On September 23, 1942, she and HMAS Kalgoorlie took over the crew of the HMAS Voyager , which had run aground off Betano ( Timor ). After the fighting in the Pacific War ceased , the Warrnambool was present at the surrender of Japanese troops on Kupang , Timor, on September 11, 1945.
On September 13, 1947, while the ship was busy with demining , it ran into such a mine near Cockburn Reef off the coast of Queensland and sank a short time later. Four sailors were killed in this accident.