# HMAS Horsham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/HMAS_Horsham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/HMAS_Horsham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Horsham > Source revision: 1354737627 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|1942 Bathurst-class corvette}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=HMAS Horsham (300807).jpg |image_caption=HMAS Horsham }} |section2={{Infobox ship/career |country=Australia |flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}} |namesake=City of [Horsham, Victoria](/source/Horsham%2C_Victoria) |builder=[HMA Naval Dockyard](/source/HMA_Naval_Dockyard) |laid_down=26 June 1941 |launched=16 May 1942 |commissioned=18 November 1942 |decommissioned=17 December 1945 |motto= |nickname= |honours= |fate=Sold for scrap in 1956 |notes= |badge= }} |section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |class={{sclass|Bathurst|corvette}} |displacement=650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |length={{convert|186|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|31|ft|m|abbr=on}} |draught={{convert|8.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} |propulsion=triple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,000 horsepower |speed={{convert|15.5|kn}} |complement=85 |sensors= |armament=*1 × [4 inch Mk XIX](/source/QF_4_inch_Mk_XIX_naval_gun) gun *1 × [12-pounder](/source/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun) gun *1 × 2-pounder gun *1 twin 0.5-inch gun |notes= }} }} '''HMAS ''Horsham'' (J235/M235)''', named for the city of [Horsham, Victoria](/source/Horsham%2C_Victoria), was one of 60 [''Bathurst''-class corvettes](/source/Bathurst-class_corvette) constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the [Royal Australian Navy](/source/Royal_Australian_Navy) (RAN).{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-horsham-i |title=HMAS Horsham (I) |access-date=26 December 2008 |work=HMA Ship Histories |publisher=Sea Power Centre - Royal Australian Navy}} ==Design and construction== {{main|Bathurst-class corvette}} In 1938, the [Australian Commonwealth Naval Board](/source/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.Stevens, ''The Australian Corvettes'', p. 1Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', p. 103 The vessel was initially envisaged as having a [displacement](/source/displacement_(ship)) of approximately 500 tons, a speed of at least {{convert|10|kn}}, and a range of {{convert|2000|nmi}}Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', pp. 103–4 The opportunity to build a prototype in the place of a cancelled [Bar-class boom defence vessel](/source/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](/source/asdic), and able to fitted with either [depth charge](/source/depth_charge)s or [minesweeping](/source/Naval_mine) equipment depending on the planned operations: although closer in size to a [sloop](/source/sloop-of-war) than a local defence vessel, the resulting increased capabilities were accepted due to advantages over British-designed mine warfare and anti-submarine vessels.Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', pp. 103–5 Construction of the prototype {{HMAS|Kangaroo||6}} did not go ahead, but the plans were retained.Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', p. 104 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 ''Horsham'') ordered by the RAN, 20 ordered by the [British Admiralty](/source/British_Admiralty) but manned and commissioned as RAN vessels, and 4 for the [Royal Indian Navy](/source/Royal_Indian_Navy).Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', pp. 105, 148Donohue, ''From Empire Defence to the Long Haul'', p. 29Stevens et al., ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 108 ''Horsham'' was laid down by [HMA Naval Dockyard](/source/HMA_Naval_Dockyard) at Melbourne, Victoria on 26 June 1941. She was launched on 16 May 1942, and was commissioned into the RAN on 18 November 1942. ==Operational history== ''Horsham'' entered active service in January 1943. She was initially assigned to Fremantle as an anti-submarine patrol ship, where she remained until August 1944. The corvette was then deployed to Darwin as a survey ship, and remained there until the end of World War II. In September 1945, ''Horsham'' was present at the Japanese surrender of Timor. She continued in the survey role until November 1945, when she returned to Fremantle. ==Decommissioning and fate== ''Horsham'' paid off into reserve in Fremantle on 17 December 1945. She was sold for scrapping to the Hong Kong Delta Shipping Company on 8 August 1956. ==Citations== {{Reflist}} ==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=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=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=5 |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Semaphore_2010_5.pdf |access-date=13 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320183407/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Semaphore_2010_5.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2011 }} {{Bathurst class corvette}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Horsham}} Category:Bathurst-class corvettes of the Royal Australian Navy Category:Ships built in Victoria (state) Category:1942 ships Category:World War II corvettes of Australia Category:Survey ships of the Royal Australian Navy --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [HMAS Horsham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Horsham) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Horsham?action=history)). 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