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Namesake | City of Geraldton, Western Australia |
Builder | Poole & Steel |
Laid down | 20 November 1940 |
Launched | 16 August 1941 |
Commissioned | 6 April 1942 |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1946 |
Motto | "Fortune to the Brave" |
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Name | Antalya |
Acquired | 14 June 1946 |
Commissioned | 24 August 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1975 |
Renamed | TCG Ayvalik (1946) |
Fate | Removed from service |
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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, 2,000 hp |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
Complement | 85 |
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HMAS Geraldton (J178/B242/A116), named for the city of Geraldton, Western Australia, 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).[1]