Four ships of the

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...

been named HMAS ''Parramatta'', for the

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. The name comes from the Barramattagal people (''burra'' meaning eel and ''matta'' meaning creek). * , a River-class destroyer commissioned in 1910,

paid off Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship i ...

in 1928, and sold for scrap * , a ''Grimsby''-class sloop commissioned in 1939, and sunk by off Tobruk on 27 November 1941 * , a River-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1991 * , an ''Anzac''-class frigate commissioned in 2003 and active as of 2016

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS ''Parramatta'' are entitled to carry four

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 ...

s: *Rabaul 1914 *

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1917–18 *Libya 1941 *

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

1964–66

References

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