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词条 HMAS Dubbo (J251)
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  1. Design and construction

  2. Operational history

     World War II  Post-war 

  3. Decommissioning and fate

  4. Citations

  5. References

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HMAS Dubbo (J251/M251), named for the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]

Design and construction

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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 {{convert|10|kn}}, and a range of {{convert|2000|nmi}}[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 {{convert|15.5|kn}} top speed, and a range of {{convert|2850|nmi}}, armed with a 4-inch gun, equipped with asdic, and able to 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 {{HMAS|Kangaroo||6}} 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 Dubbo) 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]

Dubbo was laid down by Mort's Dock and Engineering Company at Balmain, New South Wales on 13 October 1941.[1] She was launched on 7 March 1942 by Mrs. E. B. Scrisier, Mayoress of Dubbo, and was commissioned into the RAN on 31 July 1942.[1]

Operational history

World War II

From 1942 until March 1945, Dubbo was assigned to convoy escort anti-submarine duties off the western Australian coast.[1]

In March 1945, Dubbo sailed to Port Moresby, where she spent the rest of World War II around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, actively supporting Australian land forces.[1] Dubbo fired her first hostile shots on 25 April 1945, against a Japanese position on Muschu Island.[1] This was the first of several bombardments performed by the ship against Japanese positions during the war.[1] Dubbo was undamaged during all of these, and returned to Brisbane in May 1945.[1]

The corvette received one battle honour for her wartime service: "Pacific 1942–45".[10][11]

Post-war

In August 1945, Dubbo returned to the Solomon Islands, where she was part of minesweeping operations.[1] She returned for refits in October 1945, and in January 1946 performed minesweeping duties off the Australian coast.[1]

Decommissioning and fate

Dubbo was paid off into reserve on 7 February 1957, and was sold for scrap to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha of Tokyo on 20 February 1958.[1] In June 1958, Dubbo and the repair ship {{HMAS|Platypus|1917|6}} left Sydney under tow.[1]

Citations

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-dubbo-i |title=HMAS Dubbo (I) |accessdate=23 December 2008 |work=HMA Ship Histories |publisher=Sea Power Centre – Royal Australian Navy}}
2. ^1 2 Stevens, The Australian Corvettes, p. 1
3. ^Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, p. 103
4. ^Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, pp. 103–4
5. ^Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, pp. 103–5
6. ^Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, p. 104
7. ^Stevens, A Critical Vulnerability, pp. 105, 148
8. ^Donohue, From Empire Defence to the Long Haul, p. 29
9. ^Stevens et al., The Royal Australian Navy, p. 108
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |title=Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |archivedate=13 June 2011 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |accessdate=23 December 2012}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2012}}

References

Books
  • {{cite book |last=Donohue |first=Hector |title=From Empire Defence to the Long Haul: post-war defence policy and its impact on naval force structure planning 1945–1955 |series=Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs |volume=No. 1 |date=October 1996 |publisher=Sea Power Centre |location=Canberra |isbn=0-642-25907-0 |issn=1327-5658 |oclc=36817771}}
  • {{cite book |last=Stevens |first=David |title=A Critical Vulnerability: the impact of the submarine threat on Australia's maritime defense 1915–1954 |series=Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs |volume=No. 15 |year=2005 |publisher=Sea Power Centre Australia |location=Canberra |isbn=0-642-29625-1 |oclc=62548623 |issn=1327-5658}}
  • {{cite book |author=Stevens, David |author2=Sears, Jason|author3= Goldrick, James|author4= Cooper, Alastair|author5= Jones, Peter|author6= Spurling, Kathryn, |editor=Stevens, David |title=The Royal Australian Navy |series=The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III) |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=South Melbourne, VIC |isbn=0-19-554116-2 |oclc=50418095}}
Journal and news articles
  • {{cite journal |last=Stevens |first=David |date=May 2010 |title=The Australian Corvettes |journal=Hindsight (Semaphore) |publisher=Sea Power Centre – Australia |volume=2010 |issue=05 |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Semaphore_2010_5.pdf |accessdate=13 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320183407/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Semaphore_2010_5.pdf |archivedate=20 March 2011 |df= }}
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