HMAS Condamine

	HMAS Condamine in 1949
History
Australia
Name	Condamine
Namesake	Condamine River
Builder	State Dockyard, Newcastle
Laid down	30 October 1943
Launched	4 November 1944
Commissioned	22 February 1946
Decommissioned	2 December 1955
Motto	"We fight for peace"
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Korea 1952–53;
Fate	Scrapped
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General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,537 tons (standard)
Length	301 ft 7 in (91.92 m)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion, 2 shafts
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Complement	175
Armament	4 × 4-inch guns; 3 × 40 mm Bofors; 4 × 20 mm Oerlikons; 1 × Hedgehog; 4 × depth charge throwers;

HMAS Condamine (K698/F698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned in 1946, Condamine served in the Korean War. The ship was paid off in 1955, and sold for scrap in 1961.

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