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HMAS Platypus

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Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Platypus, after the platypus:

  • HMAS Platypus (1868), the former HMVS Cerberus.
  • HMAS Platypus (1917), a submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy as HMS Penguin in 1917, transferred to the RAN in 1919 and scrapped in 1958.
  • HMAS Platypus (naval base), a submarine shore base on Sydney Harbour between 1967 and 1999.

    • Battle honours

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

  • Darwin 1942–43

    • References

    HMAS Platypus Wikipedia
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