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The first HMAS Gladstone (J-324/M-324) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland on 4 August 1942, launched on 26 November 1942 by Mrs. D. Watson, wife of a member of the dockyard staff, and commissioned on 22 March 1943. HMAS Gladstone paid off on 16 July 1956, was sold to the Port Phillip Sea Pilots Association and renamed Akuna.
The second HMAS Gladstone (P-216) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 7 March 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu, launched on 28 July 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe and commissioned on 8 September 1984.
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