Two ships of the
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of ...
have been named HMAS ''Bathurst'', for the city of
Bathurst, New South Wales.
* , lead ship of the ''Bathurst''-class corvettes, launched in 1940 and sold for scrap in 1948
* , an ''Armidale''-class patrol boat commissioned in 2006 and active as of 2016
Battle honours
Two
battle honours
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
In European military t ...
have been awarded to ships named HMAS ''Bathurst'':
* Indian Ocean 1942–44
*
Pacific 1945
References
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Royal Australian Navy ship names