Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Diamantina'', after the

Diamantina River The Diamantina River is a major river in Central West Queensland and the far north of South Australia. The river was named by William Landsborough in 1866 for Lady Diamantina Bowen (née Roma), wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Qu ...

in Queensland, named in honour of the wife of Governor of Queensland, Lady Diamantina Roma Bowen for her contribution to the State of Queensland. * , a River-class frigate commissioned in 1945, decommissioned in 1980, and preserved as a museum ship * , a ''Huon''-class minehunter, commissioned in 2001 and active as of 2016

Battle honours

A single

battle honour 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 Military operation, operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible. In ...

was earned by the frigate HMAS ''Diamantina'', and is inherited by all subsequent ships of the name: *

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

1945

References

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