HMAS Bendigo (J187)
HMAS Bendigo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Bendigo, Victoria |
| Builder | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 12 August 1940 |
| Launched | 1 March 1941 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 27 September 1946 |
| Motto | "Advance with Purpose" |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold to a Chinese company as a civilian vessel, later absorbed into PLAN |
| Badge | |
| People's Republic of China | |
| Name | Luoyang |
| Namesake | Luoyang |
| Acquired | 1949 |
| Commissioned | 1949 |
| Decommissioned | 1988 |
| Fate | Scrapped after retirement |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 590 tonnes (standard) |
| Length | 56.69 m (186 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
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The first HMAS Bendigo (J187/B237/A111) was a Bathurst-class minesweeper, a group commonly known as corvettes and including escort and patrol duties along with minesweeping.