Английская Википедия:HMAS Parkes
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Parkes (J361), named for the town of Parkes, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed in Australia during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]
Design and construction
Шаблон:Main In 1938, the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (ACNB) identified the need for a general purpose 'local defence vessel' capable of both anti-submarine and mine-warfare duties, while easy to construct and operate.[2][3] The vessel was initially envisaged as having a displacement of approximately 500 tons, a speed of at least Шаблон:Convert, and a range of Шаблон:Convert[4] The opportunity to build a prototype in the place of a cancelled Bar-class boom defence vessel saw the proposed design increased to a 680-ton vessel, with a top speed of Шаблон:Convert, and a range of Шаблон:Convert, armed with a 4-inch gun, equipped with asdic, and able to be fitted with either depth charges or minesweeping equipment depending on the planned operations: although closer in size to a sloop than a local defence vessel, the resulting increased capabilities were accepted due to advantages over British-designed mine warfare and anti-submarine vessels.[2][5] Construction of the prototype Шаблон:HMAS did not go ahead, but the plans were retained.[6] The need for locally built 'all-rounder' vessels at the start of World War II saw the "Australian Minesweepers" (designated as such to hide their anti-submarine capability, but popularly referred to as "corvettes") approved in September 1939, with 60 constructed during the course of the war: 36 (including Parkes) ordered by the RAN, 20 ordered by the British Admiralty but manned and commissioned as RAN vessels, and 4 for the Royal Indian Navy.[2][7][8][9][1]
Parkes was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane on 16 March 1943.[1] She was launched on 30 October 1943 by Mrs Brown, wife of the President of the Senate, and commissioned into the RAN on 25 May 1944.[1] The ship was originally to be named Mudgee, for the town of Mudgee, New South Wales.[10]
Operational history
The corvette earned two battle honours for her wartimes service: "Pacific 1944" and "New Guinea 1944".[11][12]
Fate
Parkes paid off to reserve on 17 December 1945 in Fremantle, Western Australia.[1] The vessel was sold for scrap to Hong Kong Rolling Mills Ltd on 2 May 1957.[1]
Citations
References
- Books
- Journal and news articles
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Stevens, The Australian Corvettes, p. 1
- ↑ Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, p. 103.
- ↑ Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, pp. 103–104.
- ↑ Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, pp. 103–105.
- ↑ Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, p. 104.
- ↑ Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, pp. 105, 148.
- ↑ Donohue, From Empire Defence to the Long Haul, p. 29.
- ↑ Stevens et al., The Royal Australian Navy, p. 108.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
