Australian Maryborough corvette (HMAS Maryborough) anchored in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Maryborough corvette camouflage was deemed unsatisfactory and the corvette was repainted in 1943.
The Maryborough corvette was numbered J195 / B248 / A122 and belonged to the Bathurst class.
The Maryborough corvette was built in Australia at the Walkers Limited shipyard in Maryborough on the east coast of Australia.
Maryborough corvette construction gachato 16 arpel 1940, launched on 17 October 1940, accepted into the Australian Navy on 12 June 1941.
The main characteristics of the Maryborough corvette: displacement – 650 tons standard, 1,025 tons – full. Length – 56.6 m, width – 9.4 m, draft – 2.6 m. Power plant capacity – 2 thousand hp. The maximum speed is 15 knots. Crew – 85 people.
Armament of Maryborough corvette – one 101.6-mm cannon (QF 4 inch Mk XIX) at the bow, one 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft gun Pom-pom (QF 2 pound 1.6″ AA gun) at the stern, two 20-mm automatic anti-aircraft cannons Oerlikon on the sides, two devices for dropping depth charges (stock – up to 40).
From November 1942 to December 1944, the Maryborough corvette was under the operational command of the British Eastern Fleet.
Maryborough corvette served in the Pacific Ocean (1942), Indian Ocean (1942, 1944) and Mediterranean Sea (1942-1943), where it participated in the Allied landings in Sicily in the summer of 1943.
The Maryborough corvette was withdrawn from the Australian Navy in December 1945.
Source: Australian Department of Defense.
Source of information about the Maryborough corvette photo: en.wikipedia.org
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Photo time: December 1942