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HMAS Gladstone

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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Gladstone, for the port city of Gladstone, Queensland:

  • HMAS Gladstone (J324), a Bathurst class corvette commissioned in 1943 and paid off in 1956
  • HMAS Gladstone (FCPB 216), Fremantle class patrol boat commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in 2007

    • Battle honours

    Ships named HMAS Gladstone are entitled to carry two battle honours:

  • Pacific 1943–45
  • New Guinea 1943–44

    • References

    HMAS Gladstone Wikipedia
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