The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette) HMAS GOULBURN, (LCDR B. Paul, RANR), was commissioned. GOULBURN was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 10 July 1940, and launched on 19 November 1940. Mrs. Crace, (Wife of RADM J. G. Crace, RN ), performed the launching ceremony.