HMAS Ararat
HMAS Ararat was a Bathurst class
corvette, named for the town of
Ararat in
Victoria, laid down by Evans Deakins and Company at
Brisbane in
Queensland on
6 July 1942, launched on
20 February 1943 by Mrs. A. W. Fadden, wife of the leader of the
Australian Country Party and commissioned on
16 June 1943. HMAS Ararat paid off to reserve on
11 April 1947, and was sold to Burns Philp and Company of
Darwin on
6 January 1961. She was later sold to Japanese interests and left Darwin on
20 July 1961 under the control of the Fujita Salvage Company of
Japan.