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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Bathurst class corvettes of the Indonesian Navy, Bathurst class corvettes of the Royal Australian Navy, Bathurst class corvettes of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Bathurst class corvettes of the Turkish Navy, Bathurst class corvettes transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Bathurst-class corvette, HMAS Pirie, List of Bathurst-class corvettes, HMAS Armidale, HMAS Castlemaine, HMAS Kiama, HMAS Whyalla, HMAS Goulburn, HMAS Ballarat, HMAS Colac, HMAS Deloraine, HMAS Kalgoorlie, HMAS Wollongong, HMAS Burnie, HMAS Inverell, HMAS Benalla, HMAS Ipswich, HMAS Cootamundra, HMAS Gawler, HMAS Geraldton, HMAS Katoomba, HMAS Ararat, HMAS Wagga, HMAS Cairns, HMAS Warrnambool, HMAS Toowoomba, HMAS Launceston, HMAS Echuca, HMAS Gladstone, HMAS Geelong, HMAS Kapunda, HMAS Latrobe, HMAS Stawell, HMAS Junee, HMAS Bathurst, HMAS Glenelg, HMAS Cessnock, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Townsville, HMAS Rockhampton, HMAS Fremantle, HMAS Cowra, HMAS Lismore, HMAS Gympie, HMAS Wallaroo, HMAS Strahan, HMAS Dubbo, HMAS Mildura, HMAS Shepparton, HMAS Lithgow, HMAS Broome, HMAS Bendigo, HMAS Maryborough, HMAS Parkes, HMAS Bundaberg, HMAS Bunbury, HMAS Horsham, HMAS Bowen, HMIS Punjab, HMIS Bengal, HMIS Madras. Excerpt: The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role. Sixty Bathurst class corvettes were built in eight Australian shipyards to an Australian design. 36 were constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), while 20 were built on British Admiralty orders but manned and commissioned by the RAN, and 4 served in the Royal Indian Navy. Three more were ordered for construction in India, but were cancelled. Although desig...
