HMAS Cowra
HMAS Cowra | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | Town of Cowra, New South Wales |
| Builder | Poole & Steel |
| Laid down | 12 August 1942 |
| Launched | 27 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 8 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 4 December 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 20 February 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1953 |
| Reclassified | Training ship (1951) |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1961 |
| 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 | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | |
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HMAS Cowra (J351/M351), named for the town of Cowra, New South Wales, 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).