HMAS Ipswich (J186)
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.jpg/300px-HMAS_Ipswich_(AWM_P00433-007).jpg) HMAS Ipswich in 1944 |
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| Career (Australia (RAN)
Netherlands (RNN) Indonesia (TNI-AL)) |
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| Namesake: | City of Ipswich, Queensland |
| Builder: | Evans Deakin & Co in Brisbane |
| Laid down: | 6 March 1941 |
| Launched: | 11 August 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 13 June 1942 (RAN) 5 July 1946 (RNN) c. 1949 (TNI-AL) |
| Decommissioned: | 5 July 1946 (RAN) c. 1949 (TNI-AL) |
| Renamed: | HNLMS Morotai (Royal Netherlands Navy) KRI Hang Tuah (Indonesian Navy) |
| Motto: | "Dare to Defy" |
| Fate: | Destroyed by mercenaries in 1958 |
| Badge: |  |
| 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 (later replaced by 1 x 4-inch gun) 3 x Oerlikons (later 2) 1 x Bofors (installed later) Machine guns Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Ipswich (J186/B244/A118), the first Royal Australian Navy vessel named after the city of Ipswich, 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 later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] Ipswich was later operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) as HNLMS Morotai, and by the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) as KRI Hang Tuah.[1] The ship was destroyed in Indonesian service by mercenaries.[2]
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[edit] Construction
Ipswich was laid down by Evans Deakin & Co at Brisbane in Queensland on 6 March 1941.[1] She was launched on 11 August 1941 by Mrs. H. S. Foll, wife of the Minister for the Interior, and commissioned on 13 June 1942.[1]
[edit] Operational history
[edit] RAN
Ipswich was employed from commissioning until 3 November 1942 as a convoy escort in Australian waters. From 3 November 1942 until 21 January 1945, Ipswich was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet, primarily serving in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, but spending May to October of 1943 in the Mediterranean.[1] During this time, Ipswich was credited with shooting down a twin engined bomber near Syracuse on 25 July 1943, and on 11 February 1944 worked with HMAS Launceston and HIMS Jumna to sink Japanese submarine RO-110.[1]
Upon leaving the British Eastern Fleet, Ipswich returned to Australia, where she was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet.[1] Ipswich was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945), when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed.[3]
[edit] RNN
Ipswich paid off from RAN service on 5 July 1946 and was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed HNMLS Morotai.
[edit] TNI-AL
Morotai was transferred to the Indonesian Navy in 1949 and renamed KRI Hang Tuah. The ship was attacked and sunk on 28 April 1958 by an American mercenary flying a B-25 Mitchell bomber.[2] The mercenary had been hired for $US5,000 by a group rebelling against the Indonesian government.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h HMAS Ipswich (I). HMA Ship Histories. Sea Power Centre - Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
- ^ a b c Lind, Lew [1982] (1986). The Royal Australian Navy - Historic Naval Events Year by Year, 2nd, Frenchs Forest, NSW: Reed Books, p 236.
- ^ Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945. Naval Historical Center - U.S. Navy (27 May 2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-13. “Taken from Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan”
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