Photos and the story
| Class | Bathurst class |
|---|---|
| Type | Corvette (COR) |
| Hull | J206 |
| Fate | Afloat. Joined the hunt for I-124 with Katoomba. Officially credited with Deloraine, Katoomba, and Edsall. Survived the war. Paid off 8 June 1948. |
| Armament (class) | Australian corvette, rated as a minesweeper. One gun and one funnel. |
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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 Lithgow (J206) was a Bathurst-class corvette of the Royal Australian Navy. Alfred V. Knight was her captain from 14 June 1941.
On 20 January 1942 she joined the depth-charge hunt for the submarine I-124 off Darwin. Katoomba went into that hunt with her.
Official credit for the sinking of I-124 is shared by Lithgow, Deloraine, Katoomba, and Edsall. The kill is not pinned to one ship. Lithgow survived the war. She was paid off on 8 June 1948.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.