With 347 officers and men of 1RAR embarked, as well as vehicles and stores, the fast troop transport, HMAS Sydney (III) departed Sydney for her first voyage to Vietnam, escorted ...
HMAS Parramatta III
Australian Naval History on 12 May 1965
Five RAN ships sailed from Manila to take part in exercise ‘Sea Horse’ conducted to practise the protection of a convoy from submarines in the South China Sea. HMAS Ships ...
Australian Naval History on 10 January 1964
Seacat missile systems were fitted in HMA Ships PARRAMATTA, YARRA, STUART, and DERWENT, (destroyer escorts). ...
Australian Naval History on 4 July 1961
The River class destroyer escort HMAS PARRAMATTA, (CMDR G. R. Griffiths, DSC, RAN), was commissioned. PARRAMATTA was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, 3 January 1957, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1959
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), was commissioned at Sydney. PARRAMATTA was the second ship of her class built in Australia. ...
