HMAS Broome (J191)
HMAS Broome | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Broome, Western Australia |
| Builder | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down | 3 May 1941 |
| Launched | 6 October 1941 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 24 August 1946 |
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| Fate | Sold to the Turkish Navy |
| History | |
| Turkey | |
| Name | Alanya |
| Commissioned | 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1975 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
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HMAS Broome (J191), named for the town of Broome, Western Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).