| | HMAS Barcoo |
Beam
36 feet 8 inches
Builder
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney
Commissioned
17 January 1944
Company
140
Displacement
1,477 tons
Draught
3.658 m (365.76 cm, 0.00366 km, 0.00227 mi, 12 ft, 144 in)
Horsepower
5,500
Laid down
21 October 1942
Launched
26 August 1943
Length
301 feet 4 inches
Ship-status
history
Speed
10.289 m/s (37.04 km/h, 0.0103 km/s, 2,025.372 ft/min, 33.756 ft/s, 675.128 yd/m, 23.016 mph, 20 knots)
Type
River Class Frigate
Armament
* Original
** 2 x 4-inch guns
** 2 x 40mm Bofors
** 6 x 20mm Oerlikons
** 1 x Hedgehog
** 2 x Squid triple barrelled anti-submarine mortars
** Depth Charge Throwers
* Survey Ship
** 40mm Bofors
Machinery
* Triple expansion, 2 shafts
Badge
Crest Barcoo.gif +
Photo
Barcoo-1.jpg +
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