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Kiama 1972  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Inverell	M233		Morts Dock, Sydney, Australia	12.1941	2.5.1942	9.1942 // 5.3.1952	patrol 8.1965, sold 11.1977
Echuca	M252		Williamstown DYd, Australia	2.1941	17.1.1942	9.1942 // 5.3.1952	sold 4.1967
Stawell	M348		Williamstown DYd, Australia	6.1942	3.4.1943	8.1943 // 5.3.1952	sold 7.1968
Kiama	M353		Evans Deakin, Brisbane, Australia	11.1942	9.7.1943	1.1944 // 5.3.1952	patrol 1964, for disposal 8.1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	650
Displacement full, t	790
Length, m	56.7
Breadth, m	9.50
Draught, m	3.00 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	1550 - 2000
Max speed, kts	15 - 16
Fuel, t	oil 124 - 153
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk 20, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (12 - 40 or up to 82 in ASW role), mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	type 271, SC radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	80 - 90

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Project history

Four Australian Bathurst class minesweepers.

Modernizations

1964, Kiama; 1965, Inverell: - 1 x 1 - 102/45, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Naval service

In 1964-1965 Kiama and Inverell replaced 'Loch' class frigates in training roles and became fishery protection and training ships.