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Royal Australian Navy Corvette Memorial Print Page 
The monument commemorates those who served in Bathurst Class Corvettes during World War Two. A plaque gives the specifications and details of the Corvettes which were built during World War Two including the four which were commissioned by the Royal Indian Navy.
The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War Two. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, ani-mine, and convoy escort role.
Location
| Address: | Newstead Avenue , Newstead Park , Newstead , 4006 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.442121 Long: 153.047047 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 16th September, 1988 |
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Erected in memory of those Royal Australian Navy crews who served in Bathurst Class Corvettes and those crew members who paid the supreme sacrifice.
1939 - 1945
The fifty six Corvettes manned by Australian sailors acted as convoy escorts, mine sweepers and submarine patrol vessels, troop landing supports, search, rescue and survey. During World War II these ships and their crews served with distinction in the following areas :
Mediterranean Sea - Persian Gulf - Sicily - Bay of Bengal - China Seas - Timor - New Guinea - Pacific Ocean - Indian Ocean - Tokyo Bay
1945 - 1950
These versatile ships fortified the Australian Mine Sweeping Flotillas to clear the mines laid during World War II in the Pacific, Hong Kong, New Guinea, New Britain, Bougainville, Australian coast.
Dedicated on behalf of the Queensland Branch of the R.A.N.C.A. by the Right Reverend J. L. Lewis SSM, B.D., Th.L., Bishop of North Queensland (ex H.M.A.S.Ararat)
Unveiled by - Rt. Hon. Alderman Sallyanne Atkinson, Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
16th September 1988
1940 Bathurst Class Corvettes 1958
A total of sixty Corvettes were built by Australian shipyards during World War II with fifty six being commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy and four by the Royal Indian Navy,
[ Ship specifications & crew ]
Throughout their service the "Corvette Fleet" steamed approximately 6,000,000 nautical miles
1940 Bathurst Class Corvettes 1958
H.M.A. Ships
Ararat Armidale Ballarat Bathurst Benalla Bendigo Bowen Broome Bunbury Bundaberg Burnie Castlemaine Cessnock Colac Cootamundra Cowra Deloraine Dubbo Echuca Fremantle Gawler Geelong Geraldton Gladstone Glenelg Goulburn Gympie Horsham Inverell Ipswich Junee Kalgoorlie Kapunda Katoomba Kiama Latrobe Launceston Lismore Lithgow Maryborough Mildura Parkes Pirie Rockhampton Shepparton Stawell Strahan Tamworth Toowoomba Townsville Wagga Wallaroo Warrnambool Whyalla Wollongong
H.M.I. Ships
Punjab Madras Bombay Bengal
