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| HMAS Fremantle J246 and M246 | |
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by Evans Deakin, Brisbane. Commisioned March 24, 1943. Served in Northern Australia, New Guinea, Borneo and the Philipines. Swept mines in Hong Kong. Served as national service training vessel and involved in British atomic tests. Put into reserve 1959 and sold to Tokyo for scap in 1961. | |
| Named after Fremantle, Western Australia | |
| HMAS Gawler J188 and B241 | |
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by BHP, Whyalla, South Australia. Commissioned August 14, 1942. Joined RN Eastern Fleet based in Colombo. In 1943 served in Mediterranean, involved in Sicily landings. Attacked by Luftwaffe near Gibraltar. Served in British Pacific Fleet in Okinawa and Hong Kong. Sold to Turkish Navy 1946 as"Ayvalik." Scrapped 1963. | |
| Named after Gawler, South Australia | |
| HMAS Geelong J201 | |
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Williamstown, Victoria. Commissioned January 16, 1942. Fired on Japanese midget submarines in Sydney Harbour, 1942. Served on East coast convoys. On October 18, 1944, north of Langemak, New Guinea, the ship was struck by a US tanker, "York". Cut in two the corvette sank, no crew were lost. | |
| Named after Geelong, Victoria | |
| HMAS Geraldton J178 and B242 | |
| Named after Geraldton, Western Australia | |
| HMAS Gladstone J324 and M324 | |
| Named after Gladstone, Queensland | |
| HMAS Glenelg J236 and M236 | |
| Named after Glenelg, South Australia | |
| HMAS Goulburn J167 and B243 | |
| Named after Goulburn, New South Wales | |
| HMAS Gympie J238 and M238 | |
| Named after Gympie, Queensland | |
| HMAS Horsham J235 and M235 | |
| Named after Horsham, Victoria | |
| HMAS Inverell J233 and M233 | |
| Named after Inverell, New South Wales | |
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