HMAS Latrobe

HMAS Latrobe
History
Australia
Namesake	Town of Latrobe, Tasmania
Builder	Mort's Dock and Engineering Company
Laid down	27 January 1942
Launched	Floated 19 June 1942
Commissioned	6 November 1942
Decommissioned	13 March 1953
Reclassified	Training ship (1946)
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Darwin 1943 Pacific 1943–45 New Guinea 1943–44 Borneo 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap, 18 May 1956
General characteristics
Class and type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load)
Length	180 ft 10 in (55.12 m)
Beam	31 ft 2 in (9.50 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	triple expansion engine, 2 shafts
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) at 2,000 hp
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4 inch Mk XVI gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

HMAS Latrobe (J234/M234), named for the town of Latrobe, Tasmania, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).^[1]