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HMAS Parramatta (DE 46) The third HMAS Parramatta (F 05/DE 46) was a River class destroyer escort (a licence-built Type 12 frigate) laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 31 January 1957, launched on 31 January 1959 by Lady Dowling, wife of the First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff, and commissioned on 14 July 1961 under the command of Commander G. R.
HMAS Parramatta (U 44) HMAS Parramatta (U 44), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down on 9 November 1938 at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales.
HMAS Penguin (naval base) The current HMAS Penguin is a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy] located in the [[Balmoral, New South Wales|Balmoral suburb of Sydney. Penguin is one of the RAN's primary training establishments, with a responsibility for providing trained specialists for all areas of the navy.
HMAS Perth (D 38) The second HMAS Perth (D 38) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer, laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, USA on 21 September 1962, launched on 26 September 1963, and commissioned on 17 July 1965.
HMAS Perth (FFH 157) The third HMAS Perth (FFH 157) is the last of ten Anzac class frigates to be built for the Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy. She was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria 24 July 2003, launched 20 March 2004, and commissioned on 26 August 2006 in Fremantle, Western Australia.
HMAS Pioneer HMS Pioneer, later HMAS Pioneer was a Pelorus class light cruiser of some 2,000 tons displacement built at the end of the 19th Century. She was laid down for the Royal Navy at HM Dockyard Chatham, Kent in December 1897.
HMAS Pirie (J189) HMAS Pirie (J189/B249/A123), named for the city of Port Pirie in South Australia, was a Bathurst class corvette built by the Broken Hill Propriety Shipyard at Whyalla in South Australia, launched on 3 December 1941 by Mrs. H.
HMAS Platypus (1917) HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy by John Brown and Company at Clydebank in Scotland, launched on 28 October 1916 and commissioned on 21 March 1917. The ship was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned on 25 March 1919.
HMAS Psyche HMAS Psyche was a Pelorus class cruiser laid down for the Royal Navy as HMS Psyche by HM Devonport Dockyard at Plymouth in 1897, launched on 19 July 1898 and completed in 1900. She was transferred to Australia and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 1 July 1915.
HMAS Quality (G62) HMAS Quality (G62) was a Q class destroyer laid down by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson’s Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 10 October 1940, launched on 6 October 1941, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 September 1942, was manned by Australian personnel from 1943, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on loan on 8 October 1945.
HMAS Queenborough (G30) HMAS Queenborough (G30/F02) was a Q-class destroyer that had built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne in England and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Queenborough on 10 December 1942.
HMAS Quiberon (G81) HMS Quiberon (G81) (later HMAS Quiberon (G81/F03)) was a Q-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 14 October 1940, launched on 31 January 1942 by Mrs.
HMAS Rockhampton HMAS Rockhampton (J-203/M-203), named for the city of Rockhampton in Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 26 June 1941 and commissioned on 21 January 1942. HMAS Rockhampton paid off to reserve on 5 August 1946, was sold on 6 January 1961 and departed Australia for Japan under tow by the tug Benton Maru in 1962.
HMAS Salamaua (L-131) HMAS Salamaua (L-131) was a Balikpapan class LCH built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 27 July 1972 and commissioned on 19 October 1973. HMAS Salamaua was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
HMAS Shepparton (A 03) HMAS Shepparton (A 02) is a twin hulled Paluma class Survey Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy, named for the town of Shepparton in Victoria.The ship was launched on December 5 1989, and commissioned on January 24 1990.
HMAS Shepparton (J248) The first HMAS Shepparton (J248/M248) was a Bathurst class corvette built by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne, launched on 15 August 1942 by Lady Goudle, wife of the Commissioner of Public Works in Victoria, and commissioned on 1 February 1943.
HMAS Shoalhaven (K535) HMAS Shoalhaven (K535/M535/F535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a Bay class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and commissioned at Urangan Jetty in Hervey Bay in Queensland on 2 May 1946.
HMAS Shoalwater HMAS Shoalwater (M-81), named for Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, is a Bay class minehunter built by Carrington Slipways at Newcastle, New South Wales, launched on 20 June 1987 and commissioned on 10 October 1987.
HMAS Sirius HMAS Sirius (formerly MT Delos) is a commercial tanker that was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and converted into a fleet replenishment vessel to replace HMAS Westralia. Delos was built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea and was purchased by the Australian Government on completition.
HMAS Stuart (D-00/100) HMS Stuart (D-00/100) was a British Scott class destroyer, laid down by Hawthorn, Leslie and Company at Newcastle-on-Tyne in England on 18 October 1917, launched on 22 August 1918, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 21 December 1918, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 11 October 1933 and commissioned as HMAS Stuart.
HMAS Stuart (DE 48) The second HMAS Stuart (F 21/DE 48) was one of six "River" class frigates/destroyer escorts built for the RAN. HMAS Stuart was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales on 20 March 1959, launched on 8 April 1961 by Mrs.
HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) The third HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 25 July 1998, launched on 17 April 1999 by Mrs. Maxine Barrie, the wife of Admiral Chris Barrie, the Chief of the Defence Force and commissioned on 24 August 2002.
HMAS Success (AOR 304) HMAS Success (AOR 304) is a Durance class multi-product replenishment oiler laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 9 August, 1980, launched on 3 May, 1984 and commissioned on 23 April, 1986. HMAS Success is the largest ship to ever be built in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and is the largest ship to be built in Port Jackson (the port of Sydney).
HMAS Supply HMAS Supply (AO-195) was a Tide class fleet oiler laid down by Harland and Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland on 5 August 1952, launched on 1 September 1954 and operated by the British Admiralty with a civilian crew as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tide Austral. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Tide Austral at Southampton on 15 August 1962, but was renamed HMAS Supply at Portsmouth on 7 September 1962 by Mrs.
HMAS Swan (D-61) The first HMAS Swan (D-61) was a River class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 22 January 1913, launched on 11 December 1915 by Lady Creswell, wife of Sir William Rooke Creswell, the First Naval Member of the Commonwealth Naval Board and commissioned on 16 August 1916. HMAS Swan paid off for disposal at Sydney on 15 May 1928 and was broken up for scrap at Cockatoo Dockyard in 1930.
HMAS Swan (DE 50) The Royal Australian Navy's third HMAS Swan (DE 50) was a "River" class frigate laid down by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 16 February 1965. She was launched on 16 December 1967, by Mrs.
HMAS Swan (U 74) HMAS Swan (U 74, later F 74, later A 427), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 May 1935, launched on 28 March 1936 and commissioned on 21 January 1937.
HMAS Swordsman HMAS Swordsman (H-11) was an S class destroyer laid down by Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Greenock in Scotland in 1918, launched on 28 December 1918, completed in 1919, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS Swordsman on 27 January 1920. HMAS Swordsman paid off to reserve on 21 December 1929 and was sold on 4 June 1937.
HMAS Sydney (1912) The first HMAS Sydney was a Chatham class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. Its crew made history in 1914, during World War I, when Sydney took part in the RAN's first ship against ship battle, the Battle of Cocos.
HMAS Sydney (1934) The second HMAS Sydney was a modified Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship had great success in the first years of World War II, but controversy and mystery surrounds the loss of Sydney and its crew in November 1941.
HMAS Sydney (1944) HMAS Sydney was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier laid down by HM Dockyard Devonport in England as HMS Terrible (R93) on 19 April 1943, and launched 30 September 1944. As with other ships in the class, work was suspended upon the end of hostilities in 1945.
HMAS Tarakan (L 129) The second ship to be named after the town of Tarakan in Borneo, HMAS Tarakan (L 129) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland in December 1971, launched on 16 March 1972 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 15 June 1973.
HMAS Tasmania HMAS Tasmania (H-25) was an S class destroyer laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 18 December 1917, launched on 22 November 1918, completed in 1919, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS Tasmania on 27 January 1920. HMAS Tasmania paid off to reserve on 9 January 1928 and was sold on 4 June 1937.
HMAS Tattoo HMAS Tattoo (H-26) was an 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, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS Tattoo on 27 January 1920. HMAS Tattoo paid off to reserve on 30 June 1933 and was sold on 4 June 1937.
HMAS Teal HMAS Teal (M-1152) was a Ton class minesweeper built by Philip and Son in England for the Royal Navy as HMS Jackton and launched on 28 February 1955. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Teal on 30 August 1962.
HMAS Tobruk Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tobruk after the town of Tobruk in Libya, captured from the Italians by Australian and other allied forces in January 1941 and besieged by the Germans from April to October 1941.
HMAS Tobruk (D37) HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle-class (Anzac class in the RAN) destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 5 August 1946, launched on 20 December 1947 by Mrs. W.
HMAS Tobruk (L 50) HMAS Tobruk (L 50) is a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy, based on the design of the "Sir" class of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Tobruk was the first purpose built amphibious vessel in the RAN, and is designed as a multi-purpose, ro-ro heavy lift and transport vessel - the ship can be loaded via ramps at both the bow and stern, and can be purposely beached.
HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) The second ship to bear the name, HMAS Towoomba (FFH 156) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 26 July 2002, launched on 16 May 2003 by Ms Judy Blight and commissioned on 8 October 2005.
HMAS Torrens (D-67) The first HMAS Torrens was a "River" class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 25 January 1913, launched on 28 August 1915 by Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson, wife of the Governor-General and commissioned on 3 July 1916. HMAS Torrens paid off into reserve on 19 July 1920 and was based on Westernport for Royal Australian Navy Reserve Training from June 1924 to mid March 1925.
HMAS Torrens (DE 53) The second HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River class destroyer escort laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 18 August 1965, launched on 28 September 1968 by Dame Zara Holt, DBE, and commissioned on 19 January 1971.
HMAS Townsville (FCPB 205) The second HMAS Townsville (P 205) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 5 March 1979, launched on 16 May 1981 and commissioned on 18 July 1981.
HMAS Una HMAS Una was a Royal Australian Navy sloop that began its life as the German motor launch Komet. The Una was captured by an infantry detachment of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force lead by John Paton on 9 October 1914.
HMAS Vampire (D11) HMAS Vampire (D11) was the third of three Australian-built Daring-class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 July 1952, launched on 27 October 1956 and commissioned on 23 June 1959.
HMAS Vendetta (D08) The second HMAS Vendetta(DD-08) was a Daring-class destroyer laid down by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 4 July 1950, launched on 3 May 1954 and commissioned on 26 November 1958. Vendetta was the only Daring class ship in the RAN to see service in the Vietnam War.
HMAS Vendetta (D69) The first HMAS Vendetta (D-69/I-69) was a V class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 25 November 1916, launched on 3 September 1917, completed on 17 October 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Vendetta at Portsmouth on 11 October 1933. Vendetta departed for Australia on 17 October 1933 and arrived in Sydney on 21 December 1933, paid off into reserve on 31 January 1934, recommissioned on 10 October 1934 but paid off into reserve on 1 June 1938, recommissioned on 29 September 1938, and served in the Mediterranean where she participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan and was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941.
HMAS Voyager (D04) The second HMAS Voyager (D-04) was a Daring class destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 10 October 1949, launched on 1 May 1952 by Dame Pattie Menzies, wife of the Prime Minister, and commissioned on 12 February 1957. Voyager collided with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne twenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay on the New South Wales coast on the night of 10 February 1964.
HMAS Wallaroo HMAS Wallaroo (J-222), named for the marsupial of the same name, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steel Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 24 April 1941, launched on February 18 1942 by Mrs Poole, wife of the Chairman of Directors, Poole and Steel Ltd and commissioned on July 15 1942.
HMAS Warrego (D-70) The first HMAS Warrego was a River class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited at Govan in Scotland, then taken to pieces and the parts shipped out to Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney, where they were re-assembled. Launched 4 April 1911 and commissioned on 1 June 1912.
HMAS Warrego (U73) HMAS Warrego (U 73, initially L 73), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 10 May 1939, launched 10 February 1940, completed 21 August 1940.
HMAS Warrnambool (J 202) The first HMAS Warrnambool was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Mort’s Dock and Engineering Co Ltd of Sydney on the 13 November 1940, launched on 8 May 1941, by Mrs Simpson, wife of a Director of Mort’s Dock and Engineering Co Ltd and commissioned later that year. HMAS Warrnambool served during World War II and was mainly involved in troop transport, rescue missions and anti-submarine patrols.
HMAS Waterhen (D22) HMAS Waterhen (D-22/I-22) was a V class destroyer laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 3 July 1917, launched on 23 March 1918, completed on 17 July 1918 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy at Portsmouth on 11 October 1933 and commissioned as HMAS Waterhen.
HMAS Westralia (1939) The first HMAS Westralia was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Glasgow for the Huddart Parker company as a twin screw motor vessel, being completed in 1929. Westralia was requisitioned for war service by the Australian government in 1939 as an armed merchant cruiser.
HMAS Westralia (O 195) HMAS Westralia (O 195) is a modified Leaf-class replenishment oiler which served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1989 to 2006. The ship was leased from the United Kingdom, where it had previously served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Appleleaf.
HMAS Wollongong (J172) The first Australian naval ship to be named after the city of Wollongong, HMAS Wollongong was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd on the 29 January 1941, launched 5 July 1941, by Mrs Beasley, wife of the Minister for Supply and Shipping and commissioned later that year.
HMAS Yarra (D-79) The first HMAS Yarra was a "River" class torpedo-boat destroyer, and was the second ship to be built for the fledgling Commonwealth Naval Forces of Australia. She was laid down by Denny Brothers at Dumbarton, Scotland, launched 9 April 1910 by Mrs.
HMAS Yarra (DE 45) The third HMAS Yarra (F 07/DE 45) was a River class destroyer escort laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne, Victoria 9 April 1957, launched 30 September 1958 by Lady McBride, wife of the Minister for Defence and commissioned on 27 July 1961.
HMAS Yarra (U77) HMAS Yarra (U77), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. Yarra was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney, New South Wales 24 May 1934, launched 28 March 1935 by Mrs Parkhill, wife of Archdale Parkhill, Minister for Defence and commissioned 21 January 1936.
HMCS Acadia HMCS Acadia is the commissioned unit name in Royal Canadian Navy service for the CSS Acadia, a hydrographic surveying ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
HMCS Athabaskan (G07) HMCS Athabaskan (G 07) was the first of three destroyers of the Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom by Vickers Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne with Parsons engine works.
HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) HMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic class aircraft carrier, originally laid down for the British Royal Navy as HMS Powerful. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1957 to 1970 and was the last aircraft carrier to serve Canada.
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) is the sixth of the Halifax-class line of frigates. It was built in Lauzon, Quebec at MIL Davie, with a significant number of the ship's units also built at MIL Tracy in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec and floated up the Saint Lawrence Seaway by barge.
HMCS Crescent (R16) HMCS Crescent was a Canadian C class destroyer, launched on 20 July 1944. She was one of 32 destroyers of that class built between 1943 and 1945 as part of the War Emergency Programme (see which included C class destroyer (1943).
HMCS Discovery HMCS Discovery is a unit of the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The mission of HMCS Discovery is to recruit and provide trained and operationally current personnel who are both committed and available for the manning of combat and support elements to meet Canada's Naval Defence Objectives in time of peace, crisis and war.
HMCS Fortune (MCB 151) HMCS Fortune was a minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1955. In 1969, she was decommissioned and sold to private interests, who renamed her MV Edgewater Fortune and refitted her as a charter yacht.
HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701) Built in Halifax in 1995 and Commissioned in the fall of 1996, HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701) is named after the town of Glace Bay located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Glace bay is the second Canadian warship to bear this name, the first being a Corvette serving in World War II in the Atlantic Theatre.
HMCS Goose Bay (MM 707) HMCS Goose Bay is a Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel of the Canadian Navy. It was built at Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia in September 1997, and commissioned at Goose Bay, Labrador on July 26, 1998.
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) HMCS Halifax is the lead ship of Halifax-class line of frigates, the culmination of the Canadian Patrol Frigate project which began in 1977. Halifax was officially commissioned in June 1992, 25 years after the government first began looking at bringing in a new line of frigates.
HMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879) HMCS Chicoutimi is a Victoria-class long-range hunter-killer (SSK) submarine of the Canadian Navy. Shortly after being handed over from the UK to Canada she was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea.
HMCS Long Branch (K487) The HMCS Long Branch (K487) is named for a village absorbed by the city of Toronto. She was originally laid down as HMS Candytuff but was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned on the Clyde on January 5,1944.
HMCS Niobe HMCS Niobe was a Diadem class cruiser built for the Royal Navy which served until 1920, patrolling in World War I and training the first generation of Canadian naval recruits. Along with HMCS Rainbow, she became one of the first ships of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1910 on being presented by the Admiralty to the Dominion of Canada's fledgling Navy.
HMCS Okanagan (S74) HMCS Okanagan (S74) was an Oberon class submarine in the Royal Canadian Navy, later Canadian Forces. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and was the last warship to be built there, being laid down on 25 March 1965, followed by launching on 17 September 1966.
HMCS Prince David HMCS Prince David (F89) was one of three Canadian National Railway passenger liners that were converted for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), first to Armed Merchant Cruisers at the beginning of World War II, then Infantry Landing Ships (Medium) or Anti Aircraft Escort. For three years, they were the largest ships in the RCN.
HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509) HMCS Protecteur is a Canadian Protecteur-class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (Replenishment Oiler) ship. Built by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Docks, in Saint John, New Brunswick, she was commissioned in 1969, the first ship of her class.
HMCS Protector HMCS Protector is the second of three operational support ships built in Canada for the Canadian Navy. The first, HMCS Provider (AOR 508), was commissioned in 1963, and until the construction of Protector in 1969, extensive studies had been carried out on her transfer of stores and fuel at sea, optimum stowage and handling capabilities.
HMCS Saguenay (D79) HMCS Saguenay (D79) was designed and laid down as an A class destroyer, specifically built for the Royal Canadian Navy by Thornycroft in Woolston, and commissioned on May 22, 1931 in Portsmouth, England. Saguenay and her sister HMCS Skeena (D59) were the first ships specifically built for the RCN (Royal Canadian Navy).
HMCS Snowberry (K166) HMCS Snowberry (K166) was a Canadian Flower-class corvette serving in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, escorting convoys. Unlike most Canadian Flower-class corvettes, which were named after smaller Canadian cities, Snowberry followed the Royal Navy horticultural naming convention.
HMCS Stormont (K327) HMCS Stormont was a River class frigate which served in Second World War. She was launched on the 14th of July, 1943, and served as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic and in support of the D-Day landings.
HMCS Sudbury (K162) HMS Sudbury was built, in Ontario in 1941, as a Flower Class corvette, for escort work during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic. Like most Canadian Flower Class corvettes the Sudbury was named after a Canadian city.
HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) The third HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, launched in July 1989 as the second vessel of her class. Despite being the second Halifax-class vessel launched, she was commissioned almost a month after its sister ship HMCS Toronto, making it the third ship of the Halifax-class to be commissioned in the Canadian navy.
HMCS York HMCS YORK is a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division located in Toronto, Ontario. Before the move to its current location on Lakeshore Boulevard, it had been situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition.
HMGCC Her Majesty's Government Communication Centre (HMGCC) is a small group tasked to provide electronics and software to support the communication needs of the British Government. It is closely linked with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the British intelligence community.
HMH-361 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH-361) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Flying Tigers", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-362 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Ugly Angels", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
HMH-363 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Lucky Red Lions", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
HMH-461 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "IronHorse", is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 26 (MAG-26), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
HMH-462 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Heavy Haulers", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-463 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, also known as "Pegasus", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
HMH-464 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Condors" and is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina.
HMH-465 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 (HMH-465) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as "Warhorse", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-466 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Wolfpack", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-769 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 769 (HMH-769) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as "Titan", is based at Edwards Air Force Base, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 46 (MAG-46), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
HMH-772 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 (HMH-772) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as "Hustler", is based at Naval Air Station Willow Grove, Pennsylvania and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 49 (MAG-49), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
HMHEC HMHEC (Hickory Metro Higher Ed Center) is a collaborative partnership among several colleges and universities. According to the HMHEC website, the mission of the HMHEC is to support and enhance the educational attainment and economic development of the Hickory, NC, region by offering a broad range of programming in targeted areas of study as needed and requested by the community.
HMHS Britannic HMHS Britannic (1914), the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line, sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine with the loss of 30 lives. Although the White Star Line has always denied what they call a "legend" Website viewed February 12, 2006.
HML-776 Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 776 (HMM-776) was a reserve helicopter squadron of the United States Marine Corps. The squadron was based at Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois and fell under Marine Air Control Group 48 and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing.
HMLA-167 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
HMLA-169 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMLA-267 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMLA-269 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 (HMLA-269) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. Also known as the "Gunrunners", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
HMAS Parramatta (U 44) HMAS Parramatta (U 44), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down on 9 November 1938 at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales.
HMAS Penguin (naval base) The current HMAS Penguin is a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy] located in the [[Balmoral, New South Wales|Balmoral suburb of Sydney. Penguin is one of the RAN's primary training establishments, with a responsibility for providing trained specialists for all areas of the navy.
HMAS Perth (D 38) The second HMAS Perth (D 38) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer, laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, USA on 21 September 1962, launched on 26 September 1963, and commissioned on 17 July 1965.
HMAS Perth (FFH 157) The third HMAS Perth (FFH 157) is the last of ten Anzac class frigates to be built for the Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy. She was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria 24 July 2003, launched 20 March 2004, and commissioned on 26 August 2006 in Fremantle, Western Australia.
HMAS Pioneer HMS Pioneer, later HMAS Pioneer was a Pelorus class light cruiser of some 2,000 tons displacement built at the end of the 19th Century. She was laid down for the Royal Navy at HM Dockyard Chatham, Kent in December 1897.
HMAS Pirie (J189) HMAS Pirie (J189/B249/A123), named for the city of Port Pirie in South Australia, was a Bathurst class corvette built by the Broken Hill Propriety Shipyard at Whyalla in South Australia, launched on 3 December 1941 by Mrs. H.
HMAS Platypus (1917) HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy by John Brown and Company at Clydebank in Scotland, launched on 28 October 1916 and commissioned on 21 March 1917. The ship was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned on 25 March 1919.
HMAS Psyche HMAS Psyche was a Pelorus class cruiser laid down for the Royal Navy as HMS Psyche by HM Devonport Dockyard at Plymouth in 1897, launched on 19 July 1898 and completed in 1900. She was transferred to Australia and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 1 July 1915.
HMAS Quality (G62) HMAS Quality (G62) was a Q class destroyer laid down by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson’s Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 10 October 1940, launched on 6 October 1941, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 September 1942, was manned by Australian personnel from 1943, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on loan on 8 October 1945.
HMAS Queenborough (G30) HMAS Queenborough (G30/F02) was a Q-class destroyer that had built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne in England and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Queenborough on 10 December 1942.
HMAS Quiberon (G81) HMS Quiberon (G81) (later HMAS Quiberon (G81/F03)) was a Q-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 14 October 1940, launched on 31 January 1942 by Mrs.
HMAS Rockhampton HMAS Rockhampton (J-203/M-203), named for the city of Rockhampton in Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 26 June 1941 and commissioned on 21 January 1942. HMAS Rockhampton paid off to reserve on 5 August 1946, was sold on 6 January 1961 and departed Australia for Japan under tow by the tug Benton Maru in 1962.
HMAS Salamaua (L-131) HMAS Salamaua (L-131) was a Balikpapan class LCH built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 27 July 1972 and commissioned on 19 October 1973. HMAS Salamaua was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
HMAS Shepparton (A 03) HMAS Shepparton (A 02) is a twin hulled Paluma class Survey Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy, named for the town of Shepparton in Victoria.The ship was launched on December 5 1989, and commissioned on January 24 1990.
HMAS Shepparton (J248) The first HMAS Shepparton (J248/M248) was a Bathurst class corvette built by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne, launched on 15 August 1942 by Lady Goudle, wife of the Commissioner of Public Works in Victoria, and commissioned on 1 February 1943.
HMAS Shoalhaven (K535) HMAS Shoalhaven (K535/M535/F535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a Bay class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and commissioned at Urangan Jetty in Hervey Bay in Queensland on 2 May 1946.
HMAS Shoalwater HMAS Shoalwater (M-81), named for Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, is a Bay class minehunter built by Carrington Slipways at Newcastle, New South Wales, launched on 20 June 1987 and commissioned on 10 October 1987.
HMAS Sirius HMAS Sirius (formerly MT Delos) is a commercial tanker that was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and converted into a fleet replenishment vessel to replace HMAS Westralia. Delos was built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea and was purchased by the Australian Government on completition.
HMAS Stuart (D-00/100) HMS Stuart (D-00/100) was a British Scott class destroyer, laid down by Hawthorn, Leslie and Company at Newcastle-on-Tyne in England on 18 October 1917, launched on 22 August 1918, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 21 December 1918, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 11 October 1933 and commissioned as HMAS Stuart.
HMAS Stuart (DE 48) The second HMAS Stuart (F 21/DE 48) was one of six "River" class frigates/destroyer escorts built for the RAN. HMAS Stuart was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales on 20 March 1959, launched on 8 April 1961 by Mrs.
HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) The third HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 25 July 1998, launched on 17 April 1999 by Mrs. Maxine Barrie, the wife of Admiral Chris Barrie, the Chief of the Defence Force and commissioned on 24 August 2002.
HMAS Success (AOR 304) HMAS Success (AOR 304) is a Durance class multi-product replenishment oiler laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 9 August, 1980, launched on 3 May, 1984 and commissioned on 23 April, 1986. HMAS Success is the largest ship to ever be built in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and is the largest ship to be built in Port Jackson (the port of Sydney).
HMAS Supply HMAS Supply (AO-195) was a Tide class fleet oiler laid down by Harland and Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland on 5 August 1952, launched on 1 September 1954 and operated by the British Admiralty with a civilian crew as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tide Austral. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Tide Austral at Southampton on 15 August 1962, but was renamed HMAS Supply at Portsmouth on 7 September 1962 by Mrs.
HMAS Swan (D-61) The first HMAS Swan (D-61) was a River class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 22 January 1913, launched on 11 December 1915 by Lady Creswell, wife of Sir William Rooke Creswell, the First Naval Member of the Commonwealth Naval Board and commissioned on 16 August 1916. HMAS Swan paid off for disposal at Sydney on 15 May 1928 and was broken up for scrap at Cockatoo Dockyard in 1930.
HMAS Swan (DE 50) The Royal Australian Navy's third HMAS Swan (DE 50) was a "River" class frigate laid down by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 16 February 1965. She was launched on 16 December 1967, by Mrs.
HMAS Swan (U 74) HMAS Swan (U 74, later F 74, later A 427), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 May 1935, launched on 28 March 1936 and commissioned on 21 January 1937.
HMAS Swordsman HMAS Swordsman (H-11) was an S class destroyer laid down by Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Greenock in Scotland in 1918, launched on 28 December 1918, completed in 1919, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS Swordsman on 27 January 1920. HMAS Swordsman paid off to reserve on 21 December 1929 and was sold on 4 June 1937.
HMAS Sydney (1912) The first HMAS Sydney was a Chatham class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. Its crew made history in 1914, during World War I, when Sydney took part in the RAN's first ship against ship battle, the Battle of Cocos.
HMAS Sydney (1934) The second HMAS Sydney was a modified Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship had great success in the first years of World War II, but controversy and mystery surrounds the loss of Sydney and its crew in November 1941.
HMAS Sydney (1944) HMAS Sydney was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier laid down by HM Dockyard Devonport in England as HMS Terrible (R93) on 19 April 1943, and launched 30 September 1944. As with other ships in the class, work was suspended upon the end of hostilities in 1945.
HMAS Tarakan (L 129) The second ship to be named after the town of Tarakan in Borneo, HMAS Tarakan (L 129) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland in December 1971, launched on 16 March 1972 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 15 June 1973.
HMAS Tasmania HMAS Tasmania (H-25) was an S class destroyer laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 18 December 1917, launched on 22 November 1918, completed in 1919, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS Tasmania on 27 January 1920. HMAS Tasmania paid off to reserve on 9 January 1928 and was sold on 4 June 1937.
HMAS Tattoo HMAS Tattoo (H-26) was an 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, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS Tattoo on 27 January 1920. HMAS Tattoo paid off to reserve on 30 June 1933 and was sold on 4 June 1937.
HMAS Teal HMAS Teal (M-1152) was a Ton class minesweeper built by Philip and Son in England for the Royal Navy as HMS Jackton and launched on 28 February 1955. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Teal on 30 August 1962.
HMAS Tobruk Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tobruk after the town of Tobruk in Libya, captured from the Italians by Australian and other allied forces in January 1941 and besieged by the Germans from April to October 1941.
HMAS Tobruk (D37) HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle-class (Anzac class in the RAN) destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 5 August 1946, launched on 20 December 1947 by Mrs. W.
HMAS Tobruk (L 50) HMAS Tobruk (L 50) is a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy, based on the design of the "Sir" class of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Tobruk was the first purpose built amphibious vessel in the RAN, and is designed as a multi-purpose, ro-ro heavy lift and transport vessel - the ship can be loaded via ramps at both the bow and stern, and can be purposely beached.
HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) The second ship to bear the name, HMAS Towoomba (FFH 156) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 26 July 2002, launched on 16 May 2003 by Ms Judy Blight and commissioned on 8 October 2005.
HMAS Torrens (D-67) The first HMAS Torrens was a "River" class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 25 January 1913, launched on 28 August 1915 by Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson, wife of the Governor-General and commissioned on 3 July 1916. HMAS Torrens paid off into reserve on 19 July 1920 and was based on Westernport for Royal Australian Navy Reserve Training from June 1924 to mid March 1925.
HMAS Torrens (DE 53) The second HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River class destroyer escort laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 18 August 1965, launched on 28 September 1968 by Dame Zara Holt, DBE, and commissioned on 19 January 1971.
HMAS Townsville (FCPB 205) The second HMAS Townsville (P 205) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 5 March 1979, launched on 16 May 1981 and commissioned on 18 July 1981.
HMAS Una HMAS Una was a Royal Australian Navy sloop that began its life as the German motor launch Komet. The Una was captured by an infantry detachment of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force lead by John Paton on 9 October 1914.
HMAS Vampire (D11) HMAS Vampire (D11) was the third of three Australian-built Daring-class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 July 1952, launched on 27 October 1956 and commissioned on 23 June 1959.
HMAS Vendetta (D08) The second HMAS Vendetta(DD-08) was a Daring-class destroyer laid down by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 4 July 1950, launched on 3 May 1954 and commissioned on 26 November 1958. Vendetta was the only Daring class ship in the RAN to see service in the Vietnam War.
HMAS Vendetta (D69) The first HMAS Vendetta (D-69/I-69) was a V class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 25 November 1916, launched on 3 September 1917, completed on 17 October 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Vendetta at Portsmouth on 11 October 1933. Vendetta departed for Australia on 17 October 1933 and arrived in Sydney on 21 December 1933, paid off into reserve on 31 January 1934, recommissioned on 10 October 1934 but paid off into reserve on 1 June 1938, recommissioned on 29 September 1938, and served in the Mediterranean where she participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan and was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941.
HMAS Voyager (D04) The second HMAS Voyager (D-04) was a Daring class destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 10 October 1949, launched on 1 May 1952 by Dame Pattie Menzies, wife of the Prime Minister, and commissioned on 12 February 1957. Voyager collided with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne twenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay on the New South Wales coast on the night of 10 February 1964.
HMAS Wallaroo HMAS Wallaroo (J-222), named for the marsupial of the same name, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steel Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 24 April 1941, launched on February 18 1942 by Mrs Poole, wife of the Chairman of Directors, Poole and Steel Ltd and commissioned on July 15 1942.
HMAS Warrego (D-70) The first HMAS Warrego was a River class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited at Govan in Scotland, then taken to pieces and the parts shipped out to Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney, where they were re-assembled. Launched 4 April 1911 and commissioned on 1 June 1912.
HMAS Warrego (U73) HMAS Warrego (U 73, initially L 73), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 10 May 1939, launched 10 February 1940, completed 21 August 1940.
HMAS Warrnambool (J 202) The first HMAS Warrnambool was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Mort’s Dock and Engineering Co Ltd of Sydney on the 13 November 1940, launched on 8 May 1941, by Mrs Simpson, wife of a Director of Mort’s Dock and Engineering Co Ltd and commissioned later that year. HMAS Warrnambool served during World War II and was mainly involved in troop transport, rescue missions and anti-submarine patrols.
HMAS Waterhen (D22) HMAS Waterhen (D-22/I-22) was a V class destroyer laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 3 July 1917, launched on 23 March 1918, completed on 17 July 1918 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy at Portsmouth on 11 October 1933 and commissioned as HMAS Waterhen.
HMAS Westralia (1939) The first HMAS Westralia was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Glasgow for the Huddart Parker company as a twin screw motor vessel, being completed in 1929. Westralia was requisitioned for war service by the Australian government in 1939 as an armed merchant cruiser.
HMAS Westralia (O 195) HMAS Westralia (O 195) is a modified Leaf-class replenishment oiler which served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1989 to 2006. The ship was leased from the United Kingdom, where it had previously served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Appleleaf.
HMAS Wollongong (J172) The first Australian naval ship to be named after the city of Wollongong, HMAS Wollongong was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd on the 29 January 1941, launched 5 July 1941, by Mrs Beasley, wife of the Minister for Supply and Shipping and commissioned later that year.
HMAS Yarra (D-79) The first HMAS Yarra was a "River" class torpedo-boat destroyer, and was the second ship to be built for the fledgling Commonwealth Naval Forces of Australia. She was laid down by Denny Brothers at Dumbarton, Scotland, launched 9 April 1910 by Mrs.
HMAS Yarra (DE 45) The third HMAS Yarra (F 07/DE 45) was a River class destroyer escort laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne, Victoria 9 April 1957, launched 30 September 1958 by Lady McBride, wife of the Minister for Defence and commissioned on 27 July 1961.
HMAS Yarra (U77) HMAS Yarra (U77), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. Yarra was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney, New South Wales 24 May 1934, launched 28 March 1935 by Mrs Parkhill, wife of Archdale Parkhill, Minister for Defence and commissioned 21 January 1936.
HMCS Acadia HMCS Acadia is the commissioned unit name in Royal Canadian Navy service for the CSS Acadia, a hydrographic surveying ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
HMCS Athabaskan (G07) HMCS Athabaskan (G 07) was the first of three destroyers of the Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom by Vickers Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne with Parsons engine works.
HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) HMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic class aircraft carrier, originally laid down for the British Royal Navy as HMS Powerful. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1957 to 1970 and was the last aircraft carrier to serve Canada.
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) is the sixth of the Halifax-class line of frigates. It was built in Lauzon, Quebec at MIL Davie, with a significant number of the ship's units also built at MIL Tracy in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec and floated up the Saint Lawrence Seaway by barge.
HMCS Crescent (R16) HMCS Crescent was a Canadian C class destroyer, launched on 20 July 1944. She was one of 32 destroyers of that class built between 1943 and 1945 as part of the War Emergency Programme (see which included C class destroyer (1943).
HMCS Discovery HMCS Discovery is a unit of the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The mission of HMCS Discovery is to recruit and provide trained and operationally current personnel who are both committed and available for the manning of combat and support elements to meet Canada's Naval Defence Objectives in time of peace, crisis and war.
HMCS Fortune (MCB 151) HMCS Fortune was a minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1955. In 1969, she was decommissioned and sold to private interests, who renamed her MV Edgewater Fortune and refitted her as a charter yacht.
HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701) Built in Halifax in 1995 and Commissioned in the fall of 1996, HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701) is named after the town of Glace Bay located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Glace bay is the second Canadian warship to bear this name, the first being a Corvette serving in World War II in the Atlantic Theatre.
HMCS Goose Bay (MM 707) HMCS Goose Bay is a Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel of the Canadian Navy. It was built at Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia in September 1997, and commissioned at Goose Bay, Labrador on July 26, 1998.
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) HMCS Halifax is the lead ship of Halifax-class line of frigates, the culmination of the Canadian Patrol Frigate project which began in 1977. Halifax was officially commissioned in June 1992, 25 years after the government first began looking at bringing in a new line of frigates.
HMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879) HMCS Chicoutimi is a Victoria-class long-range hunter-killer (SSK) submarine of the Canadian Navy. Shortly after being handed over from the UK to Canada she was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea.
HMCS Long Branch (K487) The HMCS Long Branch (K487) is named for a village absorbed by the city of Toronto. She was originally laid down as HMS Candytuff but was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned on the Clyde on January 5,1944.
HMCS Niobe HMCS Niobe was a Diadem class cruiser built for the Royal Navy which served until 1920, patrolling in World War I and training the first generation of Canadian naval recruits. Along with HMCS Rainbow, she became one of the first ships of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1910 on being presented by the Admiralty to the Dominion of Canada's fledgling Navy.
HMCS Okanagan (S74) HMCS Okanagan (S74) was an Oberon class submarine in the Royal Canadian Navy, later Canadian Forces. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and was the last warship to be built there, being laid down on 25 March 1965, followed by launching on 17 September 1966.
HMCS Prince David HMCS Prince David (F89) was one of three Canadian National Railway passenger liners that were converted for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), first to Armed Merchant Cruisers at the beginning of World War II, then Infantry Landing Ships (Medium) or Anti Aircraft Escort. For three years, they were the largest ships in the RCN.
HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509) HMCS Protecteur is a Canadian Protecteur-class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (Replenishment Oiler) ship. Built by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Docks, in Saint John, New Brunswick, she was commissioned in 1969, the first ship of her class.
HMCS Protector HMCS Protector is the second of three operational support ships built in Canada for the Canadian Navy. The first, HMCS Provider (AOR 508), was commissioned in 1963, and until the construction of Protector in 1969, extensive studies had been carried out on her transfer of stores and fuel at sea, optimum stowage and handling capabilities.
HMCS Saguenay (D79) HMCS Saguenay (D79) was designed and laid down as an A class destroyer, specifically built for the Royal Canadian Navy by Thornycroft in Woolston, and commissioned on May 22, 1931 in Portsmouth, England. Saguenay and her sister HMCS Skeena (D59) were the first ships specifically built for the RCN (Royal Canadian Navy).
HMCS Snowberry (K166) HMCS Snowberry (K166) was a Canadian Flower-class corvette serving in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, escorting convoys. Unlike most Canadian Flower-class corvettes, which were named after smaller Canadian cities, Snowberry followed the Royal Navy horticultural naming convention.
HMCS Stormont (K327) HMCS Stormont was a River class frigate which served in Second World War. She was launched on the 14th of July, 1943, and served as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic and in support of the D-Day landings.
HMCS Sudbury (K162) HMS Sudbury was built, in Ontario in 1941, as a Flower Class corvette, for escort work during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic. Like most Canadian Flower Class corvettes the Sudbury was named after a Canadian city.
HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) The third HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, launched in July 1989 as the second vessel of her class. Despite being the second Halifax-class vessel launched, she was commissioned almost a month after its sister ship HMCS Toronto, making it the third ship of the Halifax-class to be commissioned in the Canadian navy.
HMCS York HMCS YORK is a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division located in Toronto, Ontario. Before the move to its current location on Lakeshore Boulevard, it had been situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition.
HMGCC Her Majesty's Government Communication Centre (HMGCC) is a small group tasked to provide electronics and software to support the communication needs of the British Government. It is closely linked with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the British intelligence community.
HMH-361 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH-361) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Flying Tigers", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-362 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Ugly Angels", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
HMH-363 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Lucky Red Lions", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
HMH-461 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "IronHorse", is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 26 (MAG-26), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
HMH-462 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Heavy Haulers", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-463 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, also known as "Pegasus", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
HMH-464 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Condors" and is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina.
HMH-465 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 (HMH-465) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as "Warhorse", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-466 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Wolfpack", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMH-769 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 769 (HMH-769) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as "Titan", is based at Edwards Air Force Base, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 46 (MAG-46), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
HMH-772 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 (HMH-772) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as "Hustler", is based at Naval Air Station Willow Grove, Pennsylvania and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 49 (MAG-49), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
HMHEC HMHEC (Hickory Metro Higher Ed Center) is a collaborative partnership among several colleges and universities. According to the HMHEC website, the mission of the HMHEC is to support and enhance the educational attainment and economic development of the Hickory, NC, region by offering a broad range of programming in targeted areas of study as needed and requested by the community.
HMHS Britannic HMHS Britannic (1914), the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line, sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine with the loss of 30 lives. Although the White Star Line has always denied what they call a "legend" Website viewed February 12, 2006.
HML-776 Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 776 (HMM-776) was a reserve helicopter squadron of the United States Marine Corps. The squadron was based at Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois and fell under Marine Air Control Group 48 and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing.
HMLA-167 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
HMLA-169 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMLA-267 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
HMLA-269 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 (HMLA-269) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. Also known as the "Gunrunners", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
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