Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/February 22

The first HMAS Wollongong (J172) was a Bathurst-class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd on the 29 January 1941, launched 5 July 1941, by Mrs Beasley, wife of the Minister for Supply and Shipping and commissioned on 23 October 1941. During World War II Wollongong served as part of the British Eastern Fleet. On 11 February 1946 Wollongong paid off at Sydney in preparation for transfer to the Royal Netherlands Navy. Wollongong was renamed HNLMS Banda and served with the Dutch Navy until April 1950. She was handed over to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Radjawali. She was scraped in April 1968.