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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following federation of the Australian Colonies in 1901, the former colonial navies merged to become the Commonwealth Naval Forces. From this early fleet, the Royal...
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| SH-2 Seasprite |
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The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities against several types of...
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| S-2 Tracker |
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The Grumman S-2 Tracker (previously S2F) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the US Navy.
Its predecessor, the AF-2 Guardian was the first purpose-built aircraft system for ASW,...
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| HMAS Bataan |
HMAS Bataan (D9/D191/I91) was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Laid down in 1942 and commissioned in 1945, Bataan was to be named for the Kurnai Aborigines, but was instead named for the Battle of Bataan.
Bataan was...
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| HMAS Condamine |
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HMAS Condamine (K698/F698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned in 1946, Condamine served in the Korean War. The ship was paid off in 1955, and sold for scrap in...
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| HMAS Culgoa |
HMAS Culgoa (K408/F408/A256), named for the Culgoa River, was a Modified River (or Bay) class frigate serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Culgoa was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria on 15 July 1943 as HMAS Murray ...
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| HMAS Darwin |
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HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Darwin was laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards at Seattle, Washington on 2 July 1981....
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| HMAS Duchess |
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HMAS Duchess (D154) was a Daring class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Duchess (I94) from 1952 to 1964, and in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1964 to 1980.
Commissioned into the RN in 1952, Duchess operated with the British...
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| HMAS Napier |
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HMAS Napier (G97) was an N class destroyer serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned and primarily crewed by the RAN during World War II, the ship was ordered and owned by the British government.
Napier was laid down on the...
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| HMAS Nepal |
HMAS Nepal (G25/D14) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Nepal was laid down as Norseman by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston, Hampshire on 9 September 1939, launched on 4 December 1941 and commissioned as Nepal on...
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| HMAS Nestor |
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HMAS Nestor (G02) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Scotland, Nestor was commissioned in February 1941; although manned by Australians and commissioned as HMAS, the ship remained the property of the British...
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| HMAS Nizam |
HMAS Nizam (G38) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Nizam was laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 27 July 1939, launched on 4 July 1940 and commissioned on 8 January 1941. She was named...
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| HMAS Quadrant |
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HMAS Quadrant (G11/D17/F01), named for the navigational instrument, was a Q class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Limited at Hebburn-on-Tyne, England on 24 September 1940, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned...
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| HMAS Quiberon |
HMAS Quiberon (G81/F03) was a Q class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although built for the Royal Navy (RN) and remaining British property until 1950, Quiberon was one of two Q class destroyers crewed by and commissioned into the RAN....
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| HMAS Quickmatch |
HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04), named for the quick-match, a fast burning match used for lighting cannon, was a Q class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company Limited of Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England on 6 February 1941. She...
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| HMAS Quality |
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HMAS Quality (G62) was a Q class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). Entering service in 1942 as a ship commissioned in the RN but manned by Australians and operating under the HMAS prefix, the destroyer served in several theatres of World War II....
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| HMAS Shoalhaven |
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HMAS Shoalhaven (K535/M535/F535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a River class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and...
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| HMAS Success |
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HMAS Success (AOR 304) is a Durance class multi-product replenishment oiler serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is the only ship of the class to be constructed outside of France, and the only one to originally not serve in the Marine...
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| HMAS Swordsman |
HMAS Swordsman (H11) was an Admiralty S class destroyer laid down by Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Greenock in Scotland in 1918, launched on 28 December 1918, and completed in 1919. She was transferred to the Royal...
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| HMAS Tasmania |
HMAS Tasmania (H25) was an Admiralty S class destroyer laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 18 December 1917, launched on 22 November 1918, and completed in 1919. She was transferred to the Royal Australian...
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| HMAS Tattoo |
HMAS Tattoo (H26) was an Admiralty S class destroyer laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 21 December 1917, launched on 28 December 1918, completed in 1919. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy ...
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| HMAS Queenborough |
HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS Queenborough (G70/D19)) was a Q class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Constructed during World War II as part of the War Emergency Programme,...
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| HMAS Acute |
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HMAS Acute (P 81) was an Attack class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 26 August 1967 and commissioned on 26 April 1968.
HMAS Acute was predominantly used for training of RAN Reserve personnel...
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| HMAS Adroit |
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HMAS Adroit (P 82) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland in August 1967, launched on 3 February 1968 and commissioned on 17 August 1968.
Adroit paid...
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| HMAS Advance |
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HMAS Advance (P 83) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland in March 1967, launched on 16 August 1967, and commissioned on 24 January 1968.
Advance...
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| HMAS Aitape |
HMAS Aitape (P 84) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland, launched on 6 July 1967 and commissioned on 13 November 1967.
Aitape was transferred to the Papua...
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| HMAS Ardent |
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HMAS Ardent (P 87/A243) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland in October 1967, launched on 27 April 1968, and commissioned on 26 October 1968.
Ardent...
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| HMAS Aware |
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HMAS Aware (P 91) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in July 1967, launched on 7 October 1967 and commissioned on 21 June 1968.
Aware was...
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| HMAS Balikpapan |
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HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) is the lead ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft. She is operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland in May 1971, launched on 15 August 1971 and...
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| HMAS Bayonet |
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HMAS Bayonet (P 101) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland in October 1968, launched on 6 November 1968, and commissioned on 22 February 1969.
Bayonet was...
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| HMAS Betano |
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HMAS Betano (L 133) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Betano was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland in September 1972. She was launched on 5 December 1972 ,and commissioned...
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| HMAS Bowen |
HMAS Bowen (J285/M285), named for the town of Bowen, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 9 February 1942, launched on 11 June 1942 by Mrs. George Crittal and commissioned on 9 November...
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| HMAS Brunei |
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HMAS Brunei (L 127) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland in July 1971, launched on 5 October 1971 and commissioned on 5 January 1973.
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| HMAS Collins |
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HMAS Collins (SSG 73) is the lead vessel of the six-submarine Collins class operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, Collins was laid down in February 1990, and was the only submarine of the...
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| HMAS Farncomb |
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HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74) is the second of six Collins class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Rear Admiral Harold Farncomb, the submarine was laid down in 1993 and launched in December 1995—the first submarine to be...
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| HMAS Waller |
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HMAS Waller (SSG 75) is the third of six Collins class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Captain Hector Waller, the boat was laid down in 1992, and launched in 1997. Despite the RAN initially refusing to accept the...
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| HMAS Dechaineux |
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HMAS Dechaineux (SSG 76) is the fourth of six Collins class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Captain Emile Dechaineux, the boat was laid down in 1993 and launched in 1998. Dechaineux and sister boat Sheean were...
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| HMAS Sheean |
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HMAS Sheean (SSG 77) is the fifth of six Collins class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Ordinay Seaman Edward Sheean—the only submarine of the class to be named for an enlisted sailor—the boat was laid down in 1994...
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| HMAS Rankin |
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HMAS Rankin (SSG 78) is the sixth and final submarine of the Collins class, which are operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Lieutenant Commander Robert William Rankin, the boat was laid down in 1995, and commissioned into the RAN in...
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| HMAS Castlemaine |
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HMAS Castlemaine (J244/M244/A248), named for the city of Castlemaine, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)....
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| HMAS Colac |
HMAS Colac (J242/M05), named for the town of Colac, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Colac was laid down by...
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| John Collins |
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Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in World War I and World War II, and who eventually rose to become a Vice Admiral and Chief of Staff of the RAN....
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| HMAS Cootamundra |
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HMAS Cootamundra (J316/M186), named for the town of Cootamundra, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)....
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| HMAS Cowra |
HMAS Cowra (J351/M351), named for the town of Cowra, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Cowra was laid...
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| HMAS Encounter |
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HMAS Encounter was a second-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Encounter was laid down for the RN by HM Dockyard at Devonport in Plymouth on 28 January 1901. The ship was launched...
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| HMAS Fantome |
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HMAS Fantome was an Espeigel class sloop laid down for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Sheerness in Kent in 1901. HMS Fantome was operated by the Royal Navy Survey Service and conducted survey operations in Australian waters from 1907 until the...
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| HMAS Orion |
HMAS Orion (S 71) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Orion was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 6 October 1972, launched on 16 September 1974, and commissioned into the...
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| HMAS Otama |
HMAS Otama (SS 72/SSG 72) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
Otama was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 25 May 1973, launched on 3 December 1975, and commissioned into...
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| HMAS Ovens |
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HMAS Ovens (S 70) is an Oberon class submarine formerly of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) which is now preserved as a museum ship.
Ovens was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 17 June 1966, launched on...
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| Westland Sea King |
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The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines,...
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| HMAS Geranium |
HMAS Geranium (formerly HMS Geranium) was an Arabis class sloop laid down for the Royal Navy by Greenock and Grangemouth in England in August 1915 and launched on 8 November 1915.
The ship was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919 and...
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| HMAS Goulburn |
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HMAS Goulburn (J167/B243/A117), named for the city of Goulburn, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)....
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| HMAS Horsham |
HMAS Horsham (J235/M235), named for the city of Horsham, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Horsham was laid...
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| HMAS Inverell |
HMAS Inverell (J233/M233), named for the town of Inverell, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
After...
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| HMAS Kalgoorlie |
HMAS Kalgoorlie (J192/B245/A119), named for the city of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the...
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| HMAS Kapunda |
HMAS Kapunda (J218/M218), named for the town of Kapunda, South Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Kapunda was...
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| HMAS Katoomba |
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HMAS Katoomba (J204/M204), named for the tourist resort of Katoomba, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)....
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| HMAS Labuan |
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HMAS Labuan (L 128) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Labuan was laid down by Walkers Limited, at Maryborough, Queensland in October 1971, launched on 29 December 1971 and commissioned into the RAN on 9...
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| HMAS Latrobe |
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HMAS Latrobe (J234/M234), named for the town of Latrobe, Tasmania, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Latrobe was laid...
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| HMAS Melbourne |
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HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Operating from 1955 until 1982, she was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the RAN. Melbourne was the only British...
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