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The first HMAS Bendigo (J187/B237/A111) was a Bathurst-class corvette which was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in May 1941. Bendigo first saw action off Malaya in the Dutch East Indies during the early months of the Pacific War. She returned to Australia in March 1942 and escorted convoys in Australian and New Guinean waters until 1945. In March 1945 Bendigo joined the British Pacific Fleet and took part in the Battle of Okinawa. Following the end of the war she operated as a minesweeper in the Hong Kong area before returning to Australia in December 1945. HMAS Bendigo paid off in September 1946.