HMAS Kapunda
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Namesake: | Town of Kapunda, South Australia |
| Builder: | Poole and Steele |
| Laid down: | August 27, 1941 |
| Launched: | June 23, 1942 |
| Commissioned: | October 21, 1942 |
| Out of service: | January 14, 1946 |
| Motto: | Protect And Avenge |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bathurst class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length: | 186 ft (57 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Speed: | 15 knots at 1750 hp |
| Complement: | approximately 80 sailors |
| Armament: | Armament Variable - but including in general: 1x twelve pounder gun, 1x 4 inch gun, 1x 40mm Bofors AA gun, 3x single 20mm Oerlikon guns, up to 40x depth charges |
HMAS Kapunda (J218/M218), named for the town of Kapunda in South Australia, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales on 27 August 1941, launched on 23 June 1942 by Mrs. Mary Lily May Quirk, wife of the Member for Balmain in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and commissioned on 21 October 1942.
Major General Yamamura signed the instrument of surrender of the Japanese forces in the Kuching area on board the ship.
HMAS Kapunda paid off to reserve on 14 January 1946, was declared for disposal on 30 December 1960 and sold for scrap to Kinoshita (Australia) on 6 January 1961.
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