HMAS Castlemaine

HMAS Castlemaine

HMAS "Castlemaine" (J244/M244/A248), named for the city of Castlemaine in Victoria, Australia, is a "Bathurst" class corvette of the Royal Australian Navy.

Laid down by the Melbourne Harbour Trust at Williamstown in Victoria on 17 February 1941, launched on 7 August 1941 by the then Mrs. R. G. Menzies (wife of Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies) and commissioned at Melbourne on 17 June 1942.

"Castlemaine" paid off to reserve on 14 December 1945 and was immobilised at HMAS "Cerberus" at Crib Point in Victoria as a training hulk for Engine Room Artificers, who ran the boilers in part providing steam heating throughout the base.

In September 1973 the Minister for Defence announced that the Australian Government had made a gift of HMAS "Castlemaine" to the Maritime Trust of Australia to become a maritime museum. "Castlemaine" is presently berthed at Gem Pier, Williamstown, Victoria, adjacent to the historic Customs House.

External links

* [http://www.hmascastlemaine.com/ HMAS Castlemaine official website]


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