- Source: HMAS Westralia
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Westralia:
HMAS Westralia (F95), a passenger vessel launched in 1929, requisitioned for RAN service as an armed merchant cruiser in 1939, converted into an infantry landing ship in 1943, and returned to her civilian owners in 1951
HMAS Westralia (O 195), a Leaf-class replenishment oiler acquired from the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1989, and decommissioned in 2006
Battle honours
Ships named HMAS Westralia are entitled to carry six battle honours:
Pacific 1941–45
New Guinea 1943–44
Leyte Gulf 1944
Lingayen Gulf 1945
Borneo 1945
Kuwait 1991
See also
SS Westralia (1897), a passenger liner converted into a troopship and sunk in 1942
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- HMAS Westralia (O 195)
- HMAS Sirius (O 266)
- Pertempuran Balikpapan (1945)
- Logistik misi Pasukan Internasional Timor Timur
- HMAS Westralia (O 195)
- HMAS Westralia
- Westralia
- HMAS Westralia (F95)
- HMAS Sirius (O 266)
- History of the Royal Australian Navy
- Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War
- HMAS Anzac (FFH 150)
- RFA Appleleaf
- HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)
