&sq=NATO&lang=en&file=File:HMAS_Maryborough_1942_300996.jpg) HMAS Maryborough in Cochin, India in December 1942
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| History | |
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| Namesake | City of Maryborough, Queensland |
| Builder | Walkers Limited |
| Laid down | 16 April 1940 |
| Launched | 17 October 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned | December 1945 |
| Renamed | Isobel Queen (1947) |
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| Fate | Sold to private ownership in 1947. Sold for scrap in 1953 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length | 185 ft 8 in (56.59 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 |
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HMAS Maryborough (J195/B248/A122), named for the city of Maryborough, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] She was the first naval vessel built in Queensland for the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.[2]
- ^ "HMAS Maryborough (I)". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- ^ "Launching of First State-Built Naval Ship To-morrow". The Courier-Mail. No. 2222. Brisbane. 16 October 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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