The Australian Bendigo corvette anchored in the port of Sydney.
The Australian Bendigo corvette (HMAS Bendigo) had the board number J187 and belonged to the Bathurts class corvettes.
Construction of the Bendigo corvette commenced on 12 August 1940, launched on 01 March 1941, and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 10 May 1941.
Bendigo corvette, main characteristics: displacement – 650 tons. Length – 57 m, width – 9.4 m, draft – 2.6 m. Power plant (power 2 thousand hp) – one boiler, two screws. The maximum speed is 15 knots. Cruising range – 2850 miles at a speed of 10 knots. The crew is 85 people.
Bendigo corvette, armament – 76-mm cannon (QF 12 pounder 12 cwt) on the nose, three 20-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns “Oerlikon” (later – 2), one 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft gun “Bofors”, up to 40 depth charges …
From September 1941 to March 1942, the Bendigo corvette was stationed in the Malai region of Singapore.
The Bendigo corvette escorted Allied sea convoys between Australia and New Guinea from the summer of 1942 to early 1945.
In March 1945, he was transferred to the Pacific Ocean, where it participated in the battles in Okinawa.
The Bendigo corvette was withdrawn from the Australian Navy on September 27, 1946 and sold to Hong Kong, where it remained in the fleet until 1988.
Bendigo Corvette photo source: Australian Department of Defense.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Photo Time: 1942