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HMAS Labuan

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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Labuan after the World War II amphibious landings at Labuan:

  • HMAS Labuan (L3501), formerly HMA LST3501, a Mark III tank landing ship commissioned in 1946, named in 1948, and sold off in 1955
  • HMAS Labuan (L 128), a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft commissioned in 1973, decommissioned in 2014, and transferred to Papua New Guinea

    • Battle honours

    Ships named HMAS Labuan are entitled to carry a single battle honour:

  • East Timor 1999–2000

    • References

    HMAS Labuan Wikipedia
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