HMAS ANZAC, lead ship in the RAN’s 2035 ton light frigate class, was launched by Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Staham, (nee Bullwinkle), one of the survivors of a group of Australian nurses seized by the Japanese in 1942. The ship was launched at Transfield Shipbuilding Yard in Port Phillip, VIC
Australian Naval History on 16 September 1994
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