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HMAS Gympie in November 1945. An awning has been fitted over the ship's bow. |
| Career (Australia) |
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| Namesake: |
City of Gympie, Queensland |
| Builder: |
Evans Deakin & Co |
| Launched: |
30 January 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
4 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: |
23 May 1946 |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap in 1961 |
| 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, 2,000 horsepower |
| Speed: |
15 knots at 1,750 hp |
| Complement: |
85 |
| Armament: |
1 x 12-pounder gun (replaced by 1 x 4-inch HA gun), 3 x Oerlikons (later 2), 1 x Bofors (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Gympie (J238/M238), named for the city of Gympie, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin & Co at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 30 January 1942 by Mrs. A. J. Deakin, wife of the managing director, and commissioned in Brisbane on 4 November 1942.
From November 1942 to February 1944 HMAS Gympie escorted convoys off Australia's east coast. While none of the convoys under her protection were attacked, she came to the aid of the torpedoed US ship Peter H. Burnett in January 1943. Following a refit Gympie was deployed to New Guinean waters in February 1944 where she was again used for escort duties. She returned to Australia in February 1945 for a refit and was deployed to South East Asia in July 1945.
Following the end of the war HMAS Gympie participated in surrender ceremonies at Dili in Portguese East Timor and Kupang in the Netherlands East Indies. She returned to Australia in November 1945 and paid off to reserve on 23 May 1946. Gympie was sold for scrap on 6 January 1961 and broken up at Rozelle.
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