| HMAS Lismore (J145) | |
|---|---|
 HMAS Lismore during 1942 | |
| Career (Australia) |  |
| Namesake: | City of Lismore, New South Wales |
| Builder: | Morts Dock & Engineering Co in Sydney |
| Laid down: | 26 February 1940 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 24 January 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 July 1946 |
| Honours and awards: |
Battle honours: Indian Ocean 1941-44 Sicily 1943 Pacific 1945 Okinawa 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to RNN |
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
| Name: | HNLMS Batjan |
| Commissioned: | 3 July 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 1958 |
| Reclassified: | Frigate (1946) |
| Fate: | Removed from service in 1958 |
| 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, 1,750 hp |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4-inch gun, 3 x Oerlikons (later 4, later 2), 1 x 2-pounder gun (installed later), Machine guns, Depth charges chutes and throwers |
HMAS Lismore (J145/B247/A121), named for the city of Lismore, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes to be constructed during World War II, and one of 20 to be manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under Admiralty order.[1] During her Australian service, Lismore covered 191,132 nautical miles (353,976 km), and spent the longest period away from Australia of any RAN vessel during World War II; 1,409 days.[1] Serving with the RAN for five years, Lismore later spent twelve years as part of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN), classified as the frigate HNLMS Batjan.[1]
Construction[]
Lismore was laid down by Morts Dock & Engineering Co in Sydney on 26 February 1940.[1] She was launched on 10 August 1940 by the wife of Commodore Gerard Muirhead-Gould, the Naval-Officer-in-Charge Sydney, and commissioned on 25 January 1941.[1]
Operational service[]
From December 1941 Lismore operated with the British Eastern Fleet. On 17 June 1943 when the British troopship Yoma was sunk off the coast of Libya, Lismore and her sister ship HMAS Gawler were among the ships that rescued 1,477 survivors.[2] In December 1944 Lismore was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet.[1]
The corvette earned four battle honours for her wartime service: "Indian Ocean 1941-44", "Sicily 1943", "Pacific 1945", and "Okinawa 1945".[3][4]
Lismore was paid off from RAN service on 3 July 1946, transferring immediately into the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she was renamed HNLMS Batjan and reclassified as a frigate.[1] She was removed from service in 1958.[1]
Affiliations[]
- TS Lismore, Australian Navy Cadets
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "HMAS Lismore". Sea Power Centre Australia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090205231439/http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Lismore. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (1995-2013). "Yoma". Ships hit by U-boats. Guðmundur Helgason. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2953.html. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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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