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{{Short description|1944 River-class frigate}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}}
{{More footnotes|date=April 2009}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=File:HMAS Condamine in 1949 (9916483003607636).jpg
|Ship caption=HMAS ''Condamine'' in 1949
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=Australia
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}}
|Ship name=''Condamine''
|Ship namesake=[[Condamine River]]
|Ship builder=[[State Dockyard]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
|Ship laid down=30 October 1943
|Ship launched=4 November 1944
|Ship commissioned=22 February 1946
|Ship decommissioned=2 December 1955
|Ship motto="We fight for peace"
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=*'''Battle honours:'''
*[[Korean War|Korea]] 1952–53
|Ship fate=Scrapped
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=[[File:HMAS condamine crest.png|120px|HMAS Condamine's badge]]
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class={{sclass2|River|frigate}}
|Ship displacement=1,537 tons (standard)
|Ship length={{convert|301|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|36|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=Triple expansion, 2 shafts
|Ship speed={{convert|19.5|kn}}
|Ship complement=175
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*4 × 4-inch guns
*3 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm]] Bofors
*4 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] Oerlikons
*1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]]
*4 × [[depth charge]] throwers
|Ship armour=
|Ship notes=
}}
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'''HMAS ''Condamine'' (K698/F698)''', named for the [[Condamine River]] in Queensland, was a {{sclass2|River|frigate}} of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN). [[Ship commissioning|Commissioned]] in 1946, ''Condamine'' served in the [[Korean War]]. The ship was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] in 1955, and sold for [[Ship breaking|scrap]] in 1961.

==Construction==
''Condamine'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by the [[State Dockyard]] at [[Newcastle, New South Wales]] on 30 October 1943, [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 4 November 1944 and commissioned on 22 February 1946.

==Operational history==
During the first years of her career ''Condamine'' operated only in Australian and [[New Guinea]]n waters.

From August 1952 to March 1953 the ship operated in Korean waters during the Korean War. During this deployment, she conducted a number of shore bombardments and protected [[United Nations]] forces on islands off the Korean peninsula. ''Condamine'' was awarded the [[battle honour]] "Korea 1952–53" for this deployment.<ref name=honourslist>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2011 |access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref>

Following the end of the Korean War, ''Condamine'' completed a second tour of Korean waters between February and November 1955.

==Decommissioning and fate==
''Condamine'' paid off into reserve on 2 December 1955, and was sold for scrap on 21 September 1961.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|HMAS Condamine (K698)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131221054920/http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-condamine-i HMAS Condamine ship history]

{{River class frigate}}

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[[Category:River-class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in New South Wales]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Cold War]]
[[Category:1944 ships]]


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