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The first HMAS Geraldton (J178) was a Bathurst-class corvette. Geraldton was built in Sydney and was commissioned in April 1942. From August 1942 until January 1945, Geraldton formed part of the British Eastern Fleet where she mainly served in the Indian Ocean. During mid-1943 she was transferred temporarily to the Mediterranean where she took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily. Geraldton she was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet in November 1944 and served with this fleet until the end of the war. HMAS Geraldton paid off in June 1946 and was sold to the Turkish Navy.