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The first HMAS Cessnock (J175/B240/A114) was a Royal Australian Navy Bathurst-class corvette during World War II. Cessnock was built in Sydney and was commissioned in January 1942. The ship served as an escort in Australian and New Guinean waters during 1942, and primarily escorted convoys travelling between Townsville and New Guinea. In December 1942 she was reassigned to the British Eastern Fleet and operated as an escort in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean during 1943 and 1944. She returned to Australia in January 1945 and became part of the British Pacific Fleet in February. The ship operated as an escort in the Pacific until the end of the war and was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day. HMAS Cessnock paid off in July 1946 and was sold for scrap in April 1947