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HMAS Launceston (I)
Armament * 1 x 12-pounder gun * 3 x Oerlikons (later 2) * 1 x Bofors (later) * Machine guns * Depth charges chutes and throwers
Badge Crest Launceston.gif +
Beam 9.449 m (944.88 cm, 0.00945 km, 0.00587 mi, 31 ft, 372 in)  +
Builder Evans Deakin & Co Ltd, Brisbane  +
Commissioned 9 April 1942  +
Company 85  +
Displacement 650 tons  +
Draught 8 feet6inches  +
Horsepower 2,000  +
Laid down 23 December 1940  +
Launched 30 June 1941  +
Length 56.693 m (5,669.28 cm, 0.0567 km, 0.0352 mi, 186 ft, 2,232 in)  +
Machinery * Triple expansion, 2 shafts
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 16 June 2008 00:08:35  +
Photo Launceston1.jpg +
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) +
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