The Australian “Maryborough” corvette (HMAS Maryborough) of the Royal Navy had board numbers J195 / B248 / A122. It belonged to the Bathurst class.
HMAS Maryborough was built in Australia at Walkers Limited shipyard in Maryborough on the east coast of Australia.
HMAS Maryborough construction commenced on April 16, 1940, launched on October 17, 1940, and commissioned into the Australian Navy on June 12, 1941.
Main characteristics: displacement – 650 tons standard, 1025 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 – 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 guns Oerlikon along the sides, two depth charge release devices (stock – up to 40).
From November 1942 to December 1944, the Maryborough corvette was under the operational command of the British Eastern Fleet. It served in the Pacific Ocean (1942), Indian Ocean (1942, 1944) and Mediterranean Sea (1942-1943), where he participated in the Allied landings in Sicily in the summer of 1943.
HMAS Maryborough was withdrawn from the Australian Navy in December 1945.
Source: Australian Department of Defense.
Photo source: www.flickr.com
Location: Maryborough, Australia
Time in the photo: June 12, 1941
Author: Ronnie Bell