Echuca was paid off into Reserve in August 1946, but recommissioned in January 1947 for mine clearance work in the Great Barrier Reef.
•
On 5 March 1952, Echuca and three other Bathurst class corvettes (HMA Ships Inverell, Kiama, and Stawell) were transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).
HMAS Stawell | Echuca | HMAS Kiama | HMAS Inverell | HMAS Una | HMAS ''Sydney'' | HMAS Otama | HMAS ''Orara'' | HMAS Orara | HMAS ''Coonawarra'' | HMAS Wyatt Earp | HMAS Wato | HMAS ''Warrego'' | HMAS Warrego | HMAS ''Vampire'' | HMAS ''Una'' | HMAS ''Strahan'' | HMAS Strahan | HMAS ''Stawell'' | HMAS Kuru | HMAS ''Hobart'' | HMAS Echuca | HMAS ''Diamantina'' | HMAS ''Curlew'' | HMAS ''Cerberus'' | HMAS ''Castlemaine'' | HMAS Castlemaine | HMAS ''Canberra'' | HMAS Burra Bra | HMAS Bingera |
On 5 March 1952, Inverell and three other Bathurst class corvettes (HMA Ships Echuca, Kiama, and Stawell) were transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).