| HMAS Bowen | |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
| Namesake: | Town of Bowen, Queensland |
| Builder: | Walkers Limited |
| Laid down: | 9 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 11 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 9 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 January 1946 |
| Honours and awards: |
Battle honours: Pacific 1942-45 New Guinea 1943-44[1][2] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) at 1,750 hp |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons, Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Bowen (J285/M285), named for the town of Bowen, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 9 February 1942, launched on 11 June 1942 by Mrs. George Crittal and commissioned on 9 November 1942.
The corvette operated in the South West Pacific area during World War II, and earned the battle honours "Pacific 1942-45" and "New Guinea 1943-44" for her service.[1][2]
Bowen paid off on 17 January 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Hong Kong Rolling Mills on 18 May 1956.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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