HMAS Condamine (K698)
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Namesake: | Condamine River |
| Builder: | New South Wales State Dockyard, Newcastle |
| Laid down: | 30 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 4 November 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 22 February 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 December 1955 |
| Motto: | "We fight for peace" |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | River class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,537 tons (standard) |
| Length: | 301 ft 7 in (91.9 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots |
| Complement: | 175 |
| Armament: |
4 x 4-inch guns 4x20mmOerlikons 1xHedgehog 4xDepthChargeThrowers |
HMAS Condamine (K698/F698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River class frigate laid down by the State Dockyard at Newcastle, New South Wales on 30 October 1943, launched on 4 November 1944 and commissioned on 22 February 1946.
During the first years of her career Condamine operated only in Australian and New Guinean waters. From August 1952 to March 1953 the ship operated in Korean waters during the Korean War. During this deployment she conducted a number of shore bombardments and protected United Nations forces on islands off the Korean peninsular. Following the end of the war Condamine completed a second tour of Korean waters between February and November 1955.
HMAS Condamine paid off into reserve on 2 December 1955 and was sold for scrap on 21 September 1961.
[edit] References
- Seapower Centre - Australia HMAS Condamine ship history
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