HMAS Katoomba

HMAS Katoomba

HMAS "Katoomba" (J204/M204), named for the tourist resort of Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole & Steele Limited at Balmain in New South Wales on 9 September 1940, launched on 16 April 1941 by Mrs. H. Lloyd, deputy mayoress of Katoomba, and commissioned on 17 December 1941.

In company with HMAS "Deloraine", HMAS "Lithgow" and USS "Edsall", she was officially credited with destroying Japanese submarine "I-124" on 20 January 1942, the first enemy submarine sunk in Australian waters.

HMAS "Katoomba" paid off to reserve at Fremantle on 2 August 1948 and sold for scrap to the Hong Kong Rolling Mills on 2 May 1957.

References

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


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