Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/February 19

The first HMAS Townsville (J 205/M 205/A 124) was a Bathurst-class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane. HMAS Townsville was launched on 13 May 1941 by Mrs. P. E. McNeil, wife of the Third Member of the Australian Naval Board, and commissioned on 19 December 1941. HMAS Townsville paid off to reserve on 5 August 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Hong Kong Delta Shipping Company on 8 August 1956. The ship's motto was Bold and Ready.