Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/June 17

The first HMAS Cairns (J183) was a Bathurst-class corvette which formed part of the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Cairns was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland and was commissioned in May 1942. Cairns served with the British Eastern Fleet from November 1942 to January 1945. Following this, she was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet. HMAS Cairns paid off in January 1946, was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed Ambon. The ship was transferred to the Indonesian Navy in April 1950 and renamed Bentang.