HMAS Lachlan (K364)

HMAS Lachlan (K364)
HMAS Lachlan (K364)
	HMAS Lachlan shortly after the end of World War II
Name:	HMAS Lachlan (K364)
Namesake:	Lachlan River
Builder:	Morts Dock and Engineering Company
Laid down:	22 March 1943
Launched:	25 March 1944
Commissioned:	14 February 1945
Decommissioned:	5 October 1949
Fate:	Transferred to RNZN
Decommissioned:	February 1975
Fate:	"refit Barge" until late 1980's then sold to the Chilean Navy to continue as such
General characteristics
Class & type:	River class frigate

HMAS Lachlan (K364/F364) (later HMNZS Lachlan (F364)) was a River class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1945 to 1949.

Lachlan was laid down by Morts Dock and Engineering Company at Balmain, New South Wales on 22 March 1943 and launched on 25 March 1944 by Sarah McNamara Scullin, wife of former Australian Prime Minister James Scullin. The ship was named for the Lachlan River in New South Wales, and commissioned into the RAN on 14 February 1945.

During 1945, Lachlan was used during the opening of the Captain Cook Graving Dock; her bow was used to cut the ribbon across the drydock's mouth.^[1]

Lachlan paid off on 5 October 1949. She was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy, renamed HMNZS Lachlan, and served as a survey and Antarctic supply vessel until February 1975. She was used as a "Refit Barge" with many workshops onboard until the late 1980s when she was sold to Chile to continue work as floating workshops for ships being refitted

References[]

↑ Frame, Tom (2004). No Pleasure Cruise: the story of the Royal Australian Navy. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. p. 194. ISBN 1-74114-233-4. OCLC 55980812.

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[1] Frame, Tom (2004). No Pleasure Cruise: the story of the Royal Australian Navy. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. p. 194. ISBN 1-74114-233-4. OCLC 55980812.

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Post World War II operators

Argentine Navy	Hércules (ex-Asheville)

Argentine Naval Prefecture	Juan B. Azopardo (ex-Hércules)

Royal Ceylon Navy / Sri Lanka Navy	Gajabahu (ex-Misnak) Mahasena (ex-Mivtakh)

Chilean Navy	Covadonga (ex-Sea Cliff) Esmeralda / Baquedano (ex-Glace Bay) Iquique (ex-Joliette)

Royal Danish Navy	Holger Danske (ex-Monnow) Niels Ebbesen (ex-Annan (K404))

Dominican Navy	Juan Pablo Duarte (ex-Natchez) Presidente Trujillo / Mella (ex-Carlplace)

Egyptian Navy	Abikir (ex-Usk) Domiat (ex-Nith) Rashied (ex-Spey)

Indian Navy	Bengal (ex-Kokanee) Dhanush (ex-Deveron) Hooghly (ex-Waskesiu) Kukri / Khukri (ex-Trent) Neza (ex-Test) Shamsher (ex-Nadder) Tamar / Aire (ex-Aire) Tir (ex-Bann)

Israeli Navy	Mivtakh (ex-Orkney) Misgav (ex-Strathadam) Misnak (ex-Hallowell)

Myanmar Navy	Mayu (ex-Fal)

Royal New Zealand Navy	Lachlan

Royal Norwegian Navy	Draug (ex-Penetang) Garm / Valkyrien (ex-Toronto) Troll / Horten (ex-Prestonian)

Pakistan Navy	Shamsher Zulfiquar (ex-Dhanush)

Peruvian Navy	Teniente Palacios / Palacios (ex-St. Pierre) Teniente Ferré / Ferré (ex-Poundmaker)

Portuguese Navy	Diogo Gomes (ex-Awe) Nuno Tristão (ex-Avon)

HMAS Lachlan (K364)
HMAS Lachlan shortly after the end of World War II

Career (Australia)
Name:	HMAS Lachlan (K364)
Namesake:	Lachlan River
Builder:	Morts Dock and Engineering Company
Laid down:	22 March 1943
Launched:	25 March 1944
Commissioned:	14 February 1945
Decommissioned:	5 October 1949
Fate:	Transferred to RNZN

Career (New Zealand)
Decommissioned:	February 1975
Fate:	"refit Barge" until late 1980's then sold to the Chilean Navy to continue as such

General characteristics
Class & type:	River class frigate

HMAS Lachlan (K364)

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