HMAS Yarra (F07/DE 45), named for the Yarra River, was a River-class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] The antisubmarine warship operated from 1961 to 1985.
_underway_c1962.jpg) HMAS Yarra (DE 45) underway circa 1962
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Namesake | The Yarra River |
| Builder | Williamstown Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down | 9 April 1957 |
| Launched | 30 September 1958 |
| Commissioned | 27 July 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 22 November 1985 |
| Motto | "Hunt and Strike" |
| Honours and awards |
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| Fate | Broken up for scrap |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 2,750 tons full load |
| Length | 112.8 m (370 ft) |
| Beam | 12.49 m (41.0 ft) |
| Draught | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 250 |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Taken from:[1] |
Construction
editYarra was laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne, Victoria on 9 April 1957.[1] An enhanced derivative of the Royal Navy's Type 12 frigate, Yarra was one of four ships constructed to provide an anti-submarine warfare capability for the RAN.[2] She was launched on 30 September 1958 by Lady McBride, wife of the Minister for Defence and commissioned into the RAN on 27 July 1961.[1]
Operational history
editYarra operated during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation; during a three-week patrol in June 1965, the ship fired on an Indonesian incursion force near Sabah.[3] The ship's service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".[4][5]
In 1983, Yarra was accompanied by the patrol boats Warrnambool and Ipswich on a deployment to South-East Asia for the multinational Exercise Starfish.[6]
Decommissioning and fate
editYarra paid off 22 November 1985.[1] She was sold for scrap.
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e HMAS Yarra (III), Royal Australian Navy
- ^ Cooper, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 189
- ^ Cooper, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 199
- ^ "Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours" (PDF). Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 259
References
edit- "HMAS Yarra (III)". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- Stevens, David, ed. (2001). The Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-555542-2. OCLC 50418095.
- Cooper, Alastair. "The Era of Forward Defence (pp. 181–210)". The Royal Australian Navy.
- Jones, Peter. "Towards Self Reliance (pp. 211–238)". The Royal Australian Navy.