HMAS Ararat (I)

 HMAS Ararat (I)

Beam  9.449 m (944.88 cm, 0.00945 km, 0.00587 mi, 31 ft, 372 in)

Builder  Evans Deakin Ltd, Brisbane

Commissioned  16 June 1943

Company  85

Displacement  650 tons (standard)

Draught  8 feet 6 inches

Horsepower  2,000

Laid down  6 July 1942

Launched  20 February 1943

Length  56.693 m (5,669.28 cm, 0.0567 km, 0.0352 mi, 186 ft, 2,232 in)

Ship-status  history

Speed  7.717 m/s (27.78 km/h, 0.00772 km/s, 1,519.029 ft/min, 25.317 ft/s, 506.346 yd/m, 17.262 mph, 15 knots)

Type  Australian Minesweeper (Bathurst Class)

Armament  * 1 x 4-inch gun * 3 x Oerlikons * Machine guns * Depth charges chutes and throwers

Machinery  * Triple expansion, 2 shafts

Photo  Ararat1-1.jpg +

Categories  Ship Histories +

 

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