NAVYPEDIA

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Ternate 1953 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ambon (ex-Cairns)	MV21		Walkers, Maryborough, Australia	3.1941	5.7.1941	5.1942 // 1.1946	to Indonesia 4.1950 (Banteng)
Banda (ex-Wollongong)	MV22	152	Cockatoo DYd, Australia	1.1941	5.7.1941	10.1941 // 2.1946	to Indonesia 4.1950 (Radjawali)
Batjan (ex-Lismore)	MV23, 1950- F813		Morts Dock, Sydney, Australia	3.1940	10.8.1940	1.1941 // 7.1946	stricken 1958
Boeroe (ex-Toowoomba)	MV24, 1950- F814		Walkers, Maryborough, Australia	8.1940	26.3.1941	10.1941 // 7.1946	stricken 1958
Ceram (ex-Burnie)	MV25, 1950- F815		Morts Dock, Sydney, Australia	6.1940	25.10.1940	4.1941 // 7.1946	stricken 1958
Morotai (ex-Ipswich)	MV26		Evans Deakin, Brisbane, Australia	3.1941	11.8.1941	6.1942 // 7.1946	to Indonesia 12.1949 (Hang Tuah)
Ternate (ex-Kalgoorlie)	MV27, 1950- F812		Broken Hill, Whyalla, Australia	7.1940	7.8.1941	4.1942 // 8.1946	stricken 1958
Tidore (ex-Tamworth)	MV28		Walkers, Maryborough, Australia	8.1941	14.3.1942	8.1942 // 4.1946	to Indonesia 12.1949 (Pati Unus)

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 - 102/44 CP Mk I or 1 x 1 - 102/40 CP Mk XXIII, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 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

Australian Bathurst class minesweepers. All ships were reclassified to frigates in 1950.

Modernizations

early 1950s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 102/44 or 1 x 1 - 102/40, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.