Bar-class boom defence vessel

HMS Barglow
Class overview
Operators:
Completed: 74
General characteristics [1]
Type: Boom defence vessel
Displacement: 533 long tons (542 t)
Length: 41.14 m (135 ft 0 in)
Beam: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
Draught: 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed: 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement: 30
Armament: 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.

Ships

Royal Navy

HMS Barfoam at Singapore, early in World War II

Royal Australian Navy

NameShip BuilderLaunchedFate
HMAS KoalaCockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney14 November 1939Sold in 1969
HMAS KangarooCockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney4 May 1940Sold in 1967
HMAS KarangiCockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney16 August 1941Sold in 1966

Surviving Ships

References

Notes
  1. Richard Pelvin with Robert Darby. "Australian War Memorial : Know your warships!" (PDF). www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
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