HMAS Barwon (K406)
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| Career (Australia) |  Royal Australian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Barwon River |
| Builder: | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd., Sydney |
| Launched: | 3 Aug 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 12 Jan 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 Mar 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 17 Aug 1962. |
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| Class and type: | River class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,420 long tons (1,440 t/1,590 S/T) 2,020 L/T (2,052 t/2,262 S/T) (deep load) |
| Length: | 283 feet (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 feet (91.82 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 36.5 feet (11.13 m) |
| Draught: | 9 feet (2.74 m); 13 feet (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) |
| Range: | 500 L/T (510 t/560 S/T) oil fuel; 5,180 nautical miles (9,593 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 140 |
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HMAS Barwon (K406) was a River class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy from 1946–1947.
She was named for the Barwon River in Victoria and was one of twelve River class frigates built for the RAN during World War II.
Barwon was launched at Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd., Sydney and commissioned into the RAN on 12 January 1946.
She was decommissioned on 31 March 1947 and sold in January 1962.
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