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HMAS Perth

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Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Perth after Perth, the capital city of Western Australia.

  • HMAS Perth (D29), a modified Leander-class light cruiser. Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Amphion in 1936, she was sold to the RAN three years later. The ship served until 1 March 1942, when she was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait.
  • HMAS Perth (D 38), the lead ship of the Perth-class guided missile destroyers. Built as a Charles F. Adams-class destroyer derivative for the RAN and commissioned in 1965, the ship served until decommissioning in 1999. She was sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Albany, Western Australia, in 2001.
  • HMAS Perth (FFH 157), an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 2006 and active as of 2016
  • Battle honours

    Nine battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMAS Perth.

  • Atlantic 1939
  • Malta Convoys 1941
  • Matapan 1941
  • Greece 1941
  • Crete 1941
  • Mediterranean 1941
  • Pacific 1941–42
  • Sunda Strait 1942
  • Vietnam 1967–71
  • References

    HMAS Perth Wikipedia