HMAS Ararat

HMAS Ararat was a Bathurst class corvette, named for the town of Ararat in Victoria, laid down by Evans Deakins and Company at Brisbane in Queensland on 6 July 1942, launched on 20 February 1943 by Mrs. A. W. Fadden, wife of the leader of the Australian Country Party and commissioned on 16 June 1943. HMAS Ararat paid off to reserve on 11 April 1947, and was sold to Burns Philp and Company of Darwin on 6 January 1961. She was later sold to Japanese interests and left Darwin on 20 July 1961 under the control of the Fujita Salvage Company of Japan.