Bendigo 1941
| 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) |
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Displacement standard, t |
650 |
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Displacement full, t |
790 |
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Length, m |
56.7 |
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Breadth, m |
9.50 |
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Draught, m |
3.00 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1550 - 2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 - 16 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 124 - 153 |
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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 |
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Complement |
80 - 90 |
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.
Ternate 1953
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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