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HMAS Parramatta

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Four ships of the Royal Australian Navy been named HMAS Parramatta, for the Parramatta River. The name comes from the Barramattagal people (burra meaning eel and matta meaning creek).

  • HMAS Parramatta (D55), a River-class destroyer commissioned in 1910, paid off in 1928, and sold for scrap
  • HMAS Parramatta (U44), a Grimsby-class sloop commissioned in 1939, and sunk by U-559 off Tobruk on 27 November 1941
  • HMAS Parramatta (DE 46), a River-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1991
  • HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154), an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 2003 and active as of 2016

    • Battle honours

    Ships named HMAS Parramatta are entitled to carry four battle honours:

  • Rabaul 1914
  • Adriatic 1917–18
  • Libya 1941
  • Malaysia 1964–66

    • References

    HMAS Parramatta Wikipedia
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