HMAS Bendigo (J187)
 The first HMAS Bendigo (J187/B237/A111) was a Bathurst class minesweeper a group commonly known as corvettes and including escort and patrol duties along with minesweeping. Bendigo was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales on 12 August 1940 launched on 1 March 1941 by Dame Mary Hughes wife of the Minister for the Navy and commissioned on 10 May 1941.