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HMAS Goulburn

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HMAS Gouldburn in 1941
HMAS Goulburn in 1941
History
RAN ensignAustralia (RAN)
NamesakeCity of Goulburn, New South Wales
BuilderCockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down10 July 1940
Launched16 November 1940
Commissioned28 February 1941
Decommissioned27 September 1946
FateSold for scrap in 1947
General characteristics
Class and typeBathurst class corvette
Displacement743 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load)
Length186 ft (57 m)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsiontriple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 1,750 hp
Speed15 knots at 1,750 hp
Complement85
Armament1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons, 2 x Lewis .303 machine guns, 2 x Vickers .303 machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers

HMAS Goulburn (J167/B243/A117), named for the city of Goulburn, New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 10 July 1940, launched on 16 November 1940 by Mrs. J. G. Crace, wife of the Rear Admiral Commanding the Australian Squadron, and commissioned on 28 February 1941.

HMAS Goulburn paid off on 27 September 1946, was sold to Pacific Enterprise Incorporated on 13 October 1947 and broken up at Iron Cove in 1953.