| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bathurst |
| Pennant | J 186 |
| Built by | Evans Deakin Ltd. (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) |
| Ordered | 31 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 6 Mar 1941 |
| Launched | 11 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 13 Jun 1942 |
| End service | 5 Jul 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 5 July 1946 at Colombo, Ceylon and transferred to the Netherlands and commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy as Hr.Ms. Motorai the same day. |
Commands listed for HMAS Ipswich (J 186)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/Lt.Cdr. John Smyth McBryde, RANR(S) | Apr 1942 | 19 Nov 1943 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Ronald Hugh Creasey, RANR(S) | 5 Jan 1944 | Apr 1946 | |
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