Allied Warships

HMAS Condamine (K 698)

Frigate of the River class


Photo courtesy of Allan C. Green Collection

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 698 
Built byNew South Wales State Dockyard (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) 
Ordered23 Dec 1942 
Laid down30 Oct 1943 
Launched4 Nov 1944 
Commissioned22 Feb 1946 
End service2 Dec 1955 
History

This was the only ship in the Royal Australian Navy which was fitted with a type 972 radar system.

Served in the Korean War from July 1952-April 1953 and from March 1955-November 1955.
Decommissioned 2 December 1955.
Sold to be broken up for scrap 21 September 1961.

 

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