HMAS Yarra (DE 45)
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HMAS Yarra (F07/DE 45), named for the Yarra River, was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] The antisubmarine warship operated from 1961 to 1985.
Construction
Yarra 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
Yarra 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]
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Decommissioning and fate
Yarra paid off 22 November 1985.[1] She was sold for scrap.
Citations
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- ↑ Cooper, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 189
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