HMAS Diamantina

For other uses, see Diamantina (disambiguation).

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Diamantina, after the Diamantina River in Queensland.

HMAS Diamantina (K377), a River-class frigate commissioned in 1945, decommissioned in 1980, and preserved as a museum ship
HMAS Diamantina (M 86), a Huon-class minehunter, commissioned in 2001 and active as of 2016

Battle honours

A single battle honour was earned by the frigate HMAS Diamantina, and is inherited by all subsequent ships of the name:^[1]^[2]

Pacific 1945

References

↑ "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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.