| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bathurst |
| Pennant | J 188 |
| Built by | Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. (Whyalla, South Australia, Australia) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Jan, 1941 |
| Launched | 4 Oct, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 14 Aug, 1942 |
| End service | 5 Apr, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 5 April 1946. Transferred to the Turkish Navy in August 1946 being renamed Ayvalik. Ayvalik was stricken in 1963. |
| Noteable events involving Gawler include: 17 Jun, 1943 |