HMAS Gympie

HMAS Gympie

HMAS "Gympie" (J238/M238), named for the city of Gympie, Queensland, was a "Bathurst" class corvette built by Evans Deakin & Co at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 30 January 1942 by Mrs. A. J. Deakin, wife of the managing director, and commissioned in Brisbane on 4 November 1942.

From November 1942 to February 1944 HMAS "Gympie" escorted convoys off Australia's east coast. While none of the convoys under her protection were attacked, she came to the aid of the torpedoed US ship "Peter H. Burnett" in January 1943. Following a refit "Gympie" was deployed to New Guinean waters in February 1944 where she was again used for escort duties. She returned to Australia in February 1945 for a refit and was deployed to South East Asia in July 1945.

Following the end of the war HMAS "Gympie" participated in surrender ceremonies at Dili in Portguese East Timor and Kupang in the Netherlands East Indies. She returned to Australia in November 1945 and paid off to reserve on 23 May 1946. "Gympie" was sold for scrap on 6 January 1961 and broken up at Rozelle.

External links

* [http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Gympie_(I) Sea Power Centre webpage for HMAS Gympie (I)]


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