The sixty-ship program distributed orders across naval dockyards and civilian facilities. BHP produced four ships, including its first, Whyalla, which survives at the place where she was built. The two naval dockyards together produced fifteen, exactly a quarter of the class. A single civilian yard would match their combined output. The spread of construction shows how many firms could contribute to Australian wartime shipbuilding.
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Sixty corvettes mobilized yards across Australia
Naval and civilian yards shared construction of sixty Bathurst-class ships, demonstrating the scale and geographical spread of Australian wartime shipbuilding.