HMAS Lismore (J145)

HMAS Lismore during 1942
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Lismore, New South Wales
Builder	Morts Dock & Engineering Co in Sydney
Laid down	26 February 1940
Launched	10 August 1940
Commissioned	24 January 1941
Decommissioned	3 July 1946
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Indian Ocean 1941–44 Sicily 1943 Pacific 1945 Okinawa 1945
Fate	Transferred to RNLN
History
Netherlands
Name	Batjan
Commissioned	3 July 1946
Decommissioned	1958
Reclassified	Frigate (1946)
Fate	Removed from service in 1958
General characteristics
Class and 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, 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 4, later 2), 1 × 2-pounder gun (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers

HMAS Lismore (J145/B247/A121), named for the city of Lismore, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes that were constructed during World War II, and one of 20 manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under Admiralty order.^[1] During her Australian service, Lismore covered 191,132 nautical miles (353,976 km), and spent the longest period away from Australia of any RAN vessel during World War II: 1,409 days.^[1] Serving with the RAN for five years, Lismore later spent twelve years as part of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), classified as the frigate HNLMS Batjan.^[1]