HMAS Whyalla

Local nameHMAS Whyalla
LocationWhyalla, Australia

HMAS Whyalla, named for the city of Whyalla was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was sold to the Victorian Public Works Department at the end of the war, who renamed her Rip and used her as a maintenance ship. In 1984, she was purchased by Whyalla City Council, who put her on display as a landlocked museum ship in 1987.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Whyalla_(J153)

Address (Unnamed Road), 5601, Australia

Coordinates -33°1'8.625" N 137°34'31.522" E

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