HMAS Ballarat
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Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., built for P&O in 1911 to expand its Blue Anchor Line subsidiary. Requisitioned as a troopship in the First World War. On 25 April 1917 a German submarine torpedoed her in the English Channel. All her passengers and crew were rescued and she was taken in tow, but she sank the next day.[1]
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat, Victoria.
- Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., a Bathurst-class corvette serving from 1940 to 1947
- Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 2004 and active as of 2019
Battle honours
Three battle honours are carried by ships named HMAS Ballarat:[2][3]
- Pacific 1941–45
- New Guinea 1942–44
- Okinawa 1945
References
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