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	HMAS Parramatta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first HMAS Parramatta (D-55) was a River class destroyer launched on 9 February 1910
		The third HMAS Parramatta (F-05/DE-46) was a River class destroyer launched on 31 January 1959
		The fourth HMAS Parramatta (154) is an Anzac class frigate launched on 17 June 2000
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/HMAS_Parramatta (179 words)

	Encyclopedia: Royal Australian Navy
		The first Australian warship, the destroyer HMAS Parramatta, was launched at Govan in Scotland on Wednesday 9 February 1910 and its sister ship HMAS Yarra, was launched at Dumbarton in Scotland on Saturday 9 April 1910.
		HMAS Encounter was a second-class protected cruiser laid down for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Devonport in Plymouth 28 January 1901, launched on 18 June 1902, completed 21 November 1905 and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy 27 July 1915.
		HMAS Terrible (R93) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier laid down by HM Devonport Dockyard at Plymouth in England 19 April 1943, launched 30 September 1944.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal-Australian-Navy (3622 words)

	HMAS Parramatta (D-55) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The first HMAS Parramatta (D-55) was a River class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited of Govan at Glasgow in Scotland, launched on 9 February 1910 by Mrs.
		Asquith, wife of the British Prime Minister, commissioned as a Royal Navy Ship for the voyage to Australia on 10 September 1910, and passed to the control of the Australian government at Broome in Western Australia on 15 November 1910.
		HMAS Parramatta paid off on 20 April 1928 and handed over to the Cockatoo Dockyard for dismantling on 17 October 1929.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/HMAS_Parramatta_%28D-55%29 (241 words)

	HMAS Parramatta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first HMAS Parramatta (D-55) was a River class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited ofGovan at Glasgow in Scotland, launchedon 9 February 1910 by Mrs.
		HMAS Parramatta paid off on 20April 1928 and handed over to the Cockatoo Dockyard for dismantling on 17 October 1929.
		Parramatta escortedthe Royal Yacht Britannia during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1963, served on patrol duties during the Indonesian Confrontation, escorted the fast troop transport HMAS Sydney to Vietnam, underwent a modernisation refit atWilliamstown Naval Dockyard between 3 June 1977 and 26 August 1981, and visited the Peoples Republic of China in 1986.
	www.therfcc.org /hmas-parramatta-283600.html (323 words)

	NSW Heritage Office Website - Listing Heritage Items - State Heritage Register - Item View (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The wreck of the former HMAS Parramatta is remarkable for its early associations with the establishment of Commonwealth Naval forces.
		HMAS Parramatta was one of a number of vessels ordered for the Commonwealth's new naval forces in 1909, following the assimilation of the various colonial fleets post Federation.
		HMAS Parramatta retains a special place in the history of the Naval Historical Society of Australia formed in 1970 as the Garden Island Naval Historical Society.
	www.heritage.nsw.gov.au /07_subnav_02_2p.cfm?itemid=5054727 (1896 words)

	Parramatta City Council: News: HMAS Parramatta Relic Restored - 12 October 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The ceremony was led by Lord Mayor, Julia Finn, and attended by the first commander of the third HMAS Parramatta, Admiral Guy Griffiths, former sailors from the Naval Association of Australia and a colour party from the modern HMAS Parramatta.
		HMAS Parramatta served with distinction during the First World War, mostly in Australian and southeast Asian waters, although she was off Gallipoli for a brief period of the later war.
		Parramatta City Council has spent $150,000 on halting corrosion and upgrading the relic's appearance as well as adding interpretative information regarding its history and the use of the name HMAS Parramatta on this and subsequent Navy vessels.
	www.parracity.nsw.gov.au /news/20041012_394.html (348 words)

	HMAS Parramatta (1910-1928)
		Parramatta was the first vessel laid down for the Australian Commonwealth Naval Forces.
		Parramatta returned to Australia in February 1915 and was employed on patrol work locally and in Malayan, Philippines and East Indies waters.
		Parramatta, assisted by Yarra, took the Orione in tow, and was attacked by a German submarine in the course of doing so.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/parramatta.htm (441 words)

	Royal Australian Navy
		HMAS Parramatta is the fifth of eight ANZAC class frigates built for the Royal Australian Navy by Tenix Marine Systems, Williamstown, Victoria.
		Parramatta is a long–range frigate capable of air defence, surface and undersea warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance and interdiction.
		Parramatta II served in World War II and was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean on 27 November 1941 with the loss of 138 lives.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/parramatta (329 words)

	AUSTRALIA
		On 28 February 1970, HMAS PARRAMATTA was involved with a collision with the Sydney ferry BELLUBERA.
		HMAS PARRAMATTA was decommissioned on 11 January 1991.
		PARRAMATTA (154) was laid down in April 1999, launched on 17 June 2000, and scheduled to be commissioned in February 2002.
	www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk /riverclassart.htm (3394 words)

	Joint Exercise :: SINGAROO 2004 :: Background
		HMAS Canberra and HMAS Melbourne are Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigates (FFGs) based on the US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry design.
		HMAS Kanimbla was originally built for the United States Navy and acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in 1994.
		HMAS Kanimbla's primary role is to transport, lodge ashore and support an Army contingent of 450 troops, their vehicles and equipment.
	www.defence.gov.au /singaroo/background.htm (1105 words)

	Lost: Overview
		HMA Ships Perth and Yarra, which had survived the actions in the Mediterranean in 1940 and 1941, as well as HMAS Canberra, which had patrolled the Indian Ocean trade routes, were among the Australian warships that returned to fight in the Pacific.
		In 1947, HMAS Warrnambool, part of the 20th Minesweeping Flotilla, was sunk by a floating mine at Cockburn Reef in Queensland.
		The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai, crewed mainly by members of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR), was one of the fleet of eight vessels requisitioned for the RAN from Cam & Sons at Pyrmont in Sydney.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /waratsea/lost.html (1046 words)

	Royal Australian Navy - heritage - weapons - equipment - ships
		HMAS Canberra to be Decommissioned at Fleet Base West
		HMAS Canberra is the second of six Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigates (FFG) but the first to be decommissioned.
		Mrs Moir is the daughter of the late Lady Marjorie Tange, who was HMAS Canberra's Launching Lady and the wife of the then Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence, the late Sir Arthur Tange.
	www.australiandefencereport.com.au /royal-australian-navy.htm (339 words)

	Siege of Tobruk [Australian War Memorial]
		Lost on the supply run were two destroyers including HMAS Waterhen, three sloops including HMAS Parramatta and 21 smaller vessels.
		The German propagandist Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) derided the troops as the "Rats of Tobruk", a term proudly embraced as an ironic compliment.
		During the siege of Tobruk, Australian ships such as HMAS Parramatta (pictured) shared the task of keeping the vital supply line open and evacuating the wounded.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/tobruk/index.htm (305 words)

	HMAS Sydney
		Crew members aboard HMAS Sydney peer through the hole in the forward funnel, damaged during the action against the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Cape Spada, Crete, in July 1940.
		Arriving in Sydney, the ship’s commanding officer, Captain John Collins, RAN, and his crew were greeted by enthusiastic crowds and given a civic reception: their success at Cape Spada had made them ‘the toast of the country’.
		After undergoing a refit in Sydney, HMAS Sydney sailed for the west coast of Australia with a new commanding officer, Captain Joseph Burnett, RAN.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /waratsea/HMASsydney.html (987 words)

	Cockatoo Island Dockyard: Ships - HMAS Parramatta (II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Grimsby class escort sloop HMAS Parramatta was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard for the Royal Australian Navy, as ship number 131.
		HMAS Parramatta was active during World War II in the East Indies and in the Mediterranean, and was sunk by torpedo attack from the German submarine U559 on 27 November 1941 with only 24 survivors from a total of 160 on board.
		Subsequently the drawings were used for the construction of HMAS Parramatta and Warrego; later dates, ship numbers and names were added to some drawings, and some additional drawings with ‘A’, ‘B’ or other letter suffixes were included.
	www.aa.gov.au /Publications/research_guides/guides/dockyard/pages/chapter03/parramatta_ii.htm (378 words)

	Exercise Rim of the Pacific :: RIMPAC 04 :: Image Gallery
		Royal Australian Navy ships, HMAS Newcastle, HMAS Success, and HMAS Parramatta departed Fleet Base East in Sydney on June 7, 2004 to participate in the multinational maritime Exercise Rimpac, to be held in Hawaiian waters in July 2004.
		HMAS Newcastle and HMAS Parramatta leave for Exercise Rimpac.
		Sergeant Army Aviator Nigel Gaddsby from HMAS Parramatta with wife Kirsted and daughter Makkedde.
	www.defence.gov.au /rimpac04/images/gallery/070604 (164 words)

	parra mural
		Parramatta council commissioned a number of artist to produce artworks for different areas of town and in a range of mediums.
		This end of the river is near the Parramatta park so also it corresponds to the idea of play.
		The HMAS Parramatta is the oldest ship's name in Australia.
	www.each2each.com.au /id275.htm (446 words)

	parramatta
		Parramatta is a suburb and commercial centre in the west of Sydney, widely viewed as the city's "second central business district".
		The name Parramatta is derived from a local Aboriginal expression meaning "place of many eels".
		It is located at a portion of the nearby Parramatta river which was indeed a gathering place for native species of eel.
	www.fact-library.com /parramatta.html (132 words)

	The War at Sea
		She was last seen by Parramatta at 3.30 pm that day and no trace has been found of her, or her company, since.
		On 9 November 1914, whilst escorting a convoy near the Cocos Islands, the light cruiser HMAS Sydney was detached to investigate the sighting of a strange warship.
		Charles Bryant, HMAS Sydney’s fight with a Zeppelin in the North Sea, c.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww1/anecdotes/waratsea.html (1326 words)

	HMAS Parramatta (D-55) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		HMAS Parramatta (D-55) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Note: Her hull was used as an accommodation vessel by the NSW Penal Department before being sold to Mr.
		The bow and stern sections were salvaged and transported to a site on the north bank of the Parramatta River upstream from the Silverwater Bridge where they were established as a naval memorial under the auspices of the Council of the city of Parramatta and the Naval Historical Society of Australia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMAS_Parramatta_(D-55)4.htm (100 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMAS Parramatta (L 44) (Sloop)
		At dusk, HMAS Parramatta (L 44) picked up 164 survivors and brought them to Alexandria, while HMAS Waterhen (D 22) and HMAS Vendetta (D 69) first screened the rescue operations and the first then took the merchant in tow for Tobruk, while the second served as escort.
		On her next run, the HMAS Parramatta (L 44) was en route to Mersa Matruh, when she was attacked at 05.45 hours on 27 Jun, 1941 by the Italian submarine Jantina (Politi), which reported a destroyer of the Hero-class damaged in 31°34N/27°28E.
		On 18 Nov, 1941, the HMAS Parramatta (L 44) and HMAS Yarra (L 77) left Alexandria escorting a slow convoy to Tobruk.
	www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/1207.html (738 words)

	HMAS Hobart Association of Australia
		In 1968 Lamb’s served on HMAS Hobart and up until his death this year 14/02/2004 was the Vice President of the Hobart association.
		Lamb’s was a Stoker in the navy as well as being a cuff rate Ships Diver which is what led him to his early discharge from the navy after a diving accident in 1973 onboard HMAS Torrens which resulted in him breaking his neck and being discharged from the RAN in early 1974.
		Lamb’s ashes were spread from HMAS Success in Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii the navy choosing the place for its naval significants as it is where Captain Cook met his end 225 years earlier to the day of Jeffs death.
	www.hmashobartasswa.com (488 words)

	Parramatta City Council: News: Help Us Name HMAS Parramatta IV’s RHIBS - 07 October 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They can be used for everyday jobs like transporting people and stores from the ship to other ships or places ashore, for emergency operations such as the recovery of a 'man overboard' or for operational tasks such as boarding other ships.
		The names of the two RHIBS must both be related to Parramatta and one must have an Indigenous theme.
		Winners must be able to be in Parramatta on Sun 2 Nov for the ride on the RHIBS.
	www.parracity.nsw.gov.au /news/20031007_263.html (331 words)

	HMAS Parramatta
		HMAS PARRAMATTA commissioned at Sydney on 4 July 1961 under the command of Commander G.R. Griffiths DSC RAN, the first of six River Class Destroyer Escorts.
		PARRAMATTA had active service during the Vietnam War, escorting the fast troop transport HMAS SYDNEY to Vung Tau, Vietnam, in 1965, 1968 and 1971.
		PARRAMATTA was decommissioned on 11 January 1991 as the River Class Destroyer Escorts were replaced by the Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigates.
	www.vvaavic.org.au /Navy/parramatta.htm (251 words)

	Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - HMAS Swan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Soon after the loss of HMAS Voyager on 10 February 1964 (in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne off Jervis Bay on the New South Wales South Coast), the Government announced that two additional River Class frigates would be purchased as replacements.
		On 18 August 1965, the keel of HMAS Swan, was laid at the Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria.
		On 15 November 1997, the gun turret from HMAS Swan was presented to the city of Albany by the Minister for Tourism, Mr Norman Moore.
	www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info /articles/hmasswan.htm (2055 words)

	HMAS Parramatta
		Twelve of the 23 survivors from HMAS Paramatta at the pyramids in Egypt in November 1941.
		In April 1941, Parramatta took part in the successful campaign to capture the Italian naval base at Massawas in Eritrea in north-east Africa and later she towed the torpedoed British cruiser HMS Capetown from Eritrea to Port Sudan further north on the Red Sea coast of Sudan.
		The Parramatta was being overhauled and given a new camouflage and the crew enjoyed shore leave after very trying convoy duty in the Red Sea.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /waratsea/HMASparramatta.html (1436 words)

	Cockatoo Island Dockyard: Ships - HMAS Parramatta (III) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		HMAS Parramatta was the first of the Type 12 frigates built in Australia.
		This index is divided into two sections: one for the Y100 frigates HMAS Parramatta and Stuart, the other for the Daring class destroyers HMAS Voyager and Vampire.
		These operation sequence sheets were used in conjunction with the mechanical working drawings (M2780 and M2869), the tooling drawings (M2692 and M3030) and the tooling operation sketches (M2797) to form a complete set of drawings and instructions for the turbine machinery of these ships.
	www.naa.gov.au /Publications/research_guides/guides/dockyard/pages/chapter03/parramatta_iii.htm (963 words)

	ADF :: Online Media Room
		Commander Jonathan Mead, RAN and the 165 ship’s company from the Anzac Class Frigate HMAS Parramatta, today farewelled family and friends as the ship departed her homeport of Fleet Base East at Garden Island in Sydney for passage to the Persian Gulf.
		HMAS Parramatta will take over duties from HMAS Newcastle to continue to contribute to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq.
		HMAS Parramatta sails past Sydney Harbour's North Head enroute to the Persian Gulf for a six month deployment.
	www.defence.gov.au /media/download/2005/Oct/20051010.cfm (304 words)

	Royal Australian Navy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This follows the form of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy in which ships are named HMS (Her Majesty's Ship).
		His name lives on as the name of base, HMAS Creswell, the site of the Royal Australian Naval College at (Click link for more info and facts about Jervis Bay) Jervis Bay.
		On its way home, while in (A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965) Singapore, the (Click link for more info and facts about 2005 Sumatran earthquake) 2005 Sumatran earthquake occurred and Kanimbla was promptly deployed again.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_australian_navy.htm (1035 words)

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