The December 2007 edition of the Naval Historical Review contained a brief history of the RAN River Class Frigates. It also referred to the major differences between the six ships ...
HMAS Parramatta III
River Class Frigates in the RAN – a Brief History
Obituary: Trevor Ernest Weaver
After a long and painful illness which he fought with characteristic courage, Trevor Weaver died September last. Our former Vice president, Librarian, Secretary, Treasurer, Committeeman ,and long time member of ...
The End of the Line
One visitor to the Port of Fremantle in Western Australia which went virtually unnoticed was the former Royal Australian Navy destroyer escort PARRAMATTA. Towed by the diminutive tug WOOREE, the PARRAMATTA ...
Australian Naval History on 12 February 1992
The third HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), left Fremantle on her way to Southeast Asia to be broken up for scrap. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1991
HMAS Parramatta was decommissioned. Parramatta was subsequently sold to a Pakistani company and towed from Australia October 1991 to be broken up. ...
I’ve Been To Bali Too
Australian Naval History on 5 June 1989
The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Hawke, cancelled the goodwill visit of HMAS PARRAMATTA to Shanghai, as a protest against the Tiananmin Square massacre. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1988
HRH, the Duke of Edinburgh, unveiled the HMAS PARRAMATTA Memorial at the northern extremity of Garden Island, Sydney. ...