HMAS Latrobe

HMAS Latrobe

HMAS "Latrobe" (J234/M234), named for the town of Latrobe, Tasmania, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Morts Dock and Engineering at Balmain in New South Wales on 27 January 1942. As the ship was built in a dock it was floated clear on 19 June 1942, with the ceremony officiated by the Reverend A. G. Rix. The ship was commissioned on 6 November 1942.

HMAS "Latrobe" began her wartime service by escorting convoys off Northern Australia and New Guinea. From June 1944 to January 1945 she operated mainly in New Guinean waters before returning to Adelaide for a refit. "Latrobe" returned to service in March 1945 and operated off New Guinea and Borneo until the end of the war.

After a period supporting the Allied occupation forces in the Netherlands East Indies "Latrobe" returned to Australia in December 1945. She served as a training ship attached to Flinders Naval Depot from January 1946 until late 1952. In March 1953 she was transferred to the control of Williamstown Dockyard and placed in the reserve fleet in September 1953.

HMAS "Latrobe" was sold for scrap to the Hong Kong Rolling Mills on 18 May 1956.

References

* [http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Latrobe Sea Power Centre webpage for HMAS Latrobe]


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