Hawkesbury was laid down by Mort's Dock & Engineering Company in Sydney on 24 August 1942. She was launched on 24 July 1943, and commissioned into the RAN in Sydney on 5 July 1944.
Hawkesbury was laid down by Mort's Dock & Engineering Company in Sydney on 24 August 1942. She was launched on 24 July 1943, and commissioned into the RAN in Sydney on 5 July 1944.