HMAS Ballarat (J184)

	HMAS Ballarat
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Ballarat, Victoria
Builder	HMA Naval Dockyard in Williamstown, Victoria
Laid down	19 April 1940
Launched	10 December 1940
Commissioned	30 August 1941
Decommissioned	27 September 1946
Motto	"Defend the Flag"
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Pacific 1941–45; New Guinea 1942–44; Okinawa 1945;
Fate	Sold into civilian service in 1947. Sold for scrap in 1953.
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General characteristics
Class and type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load)
Length	186 ft (57 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion	triple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 1,750 horsepower
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun; 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (later 2); 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns (installed later); Machine guns; Depth charges chutes and throwers;

HMAS Ballarat (J184), named for the city of Ballarat, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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