HMAS Cessnock (J175)
HMAS Cessnock c. 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Builder | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 16 April 1941 |
| Launched | 17 October 1941 |
| Commissioned | 26 January 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1946 |
| Motto | "No Steps Backward" |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1947 |
| 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, 2 shafts, 1,750 hp |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (later 2), 1 Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (installed later), various machine guns and small arms, Depth charge chutes and throwers |
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HMAS Cessnock (J175/B240/A114), named for the town of Cessnock, New South Wales, 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).