HMAS Latrobe
HMAS Latrobe | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Latrobe, Tasmania |
| Builder | Mort's Dock and Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 27 January 1942 |
| Launched | Floated 19 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 6 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 13 March 1953 |
| Reclassified | Training ship (1946) |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 May 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length | 180 ft 10 in (55.12 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) at 2,000 hp |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | 1 × 4 inch Mk XVI gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons |
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HMAS Latrobe (J234/M234), named for the town of Latrobe, Tasmania, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).