HMAS Sydney
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Five ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Sydney, after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales.
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- Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate launched in 1980, and decommissioned in 2015
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Battle honours
Between them, vessels named HMAS Sydney have been awarded fourteen battle honours by the Royal Australian Navy.[1][2] These include two of the only three battle honours awarded in the 20th century for an action involving a single opposing ship:[3]
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- Rabaul 1914
- Emden 1914
- North Sea 1916–18
- Calabria 1940
- Spada 1940
- Mediterranean 1940
- Kormoran 1941
- Korea 1951–52
- Malaysia 1964
- Vietnam 1965–72
- Kuwait 1991
- East Timor 1999
- Persian Gulf 2001–03
- Iraq 2003
References
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The two action honours were awarded for the sinking of the German vessels Emden and Kormoran. The third honour was awarded to ships involved in the last battle of the battleship Bismarck.
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External links
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