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Deloraine

Class	Bathurst class
Type	Corvette (COR)
Hull	J232
Fate	Afloat. Made the first depth-charge attack on I-124, 20 January 1942. A torpedo from the submarine missed her. Officially credited with Katoomba, Lithgow, and Edsall. Survived the war. Paid off 30 June 1948. Sold for scrap in 1956.
Armament (class)	Australian corvette, rated as a minesweeper. One gun and one funnel.
Command	Menlove, Desmond A. Captain from 22 November 1941

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

HMAS Deloraine (J232) was a Bathurst-class corvette of the Royal Australian Navy. Desmond A. Menlove was her captain from 22 November 1941.

On 20 January 1942 she was in the action that sank the submarine I-124. Off Darwin that day, Deloraine made the first depth-charge attack on the submarine. A torpedo from I-124 missed her. The shot did not strike the corvette.

Official credit for the sinking is shared. Deloraine is named with Katoomba, Lithgow, and Edsall for the kill of I-124. Deloraine survived the war. She was paid off on 30 June 1948. In 1956 the hull was sold for scrap.

The pictures on this page are the originals.