• Source: HMAS Whyalla

      • Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Whyalla, for the city of Whyalla, South Australia.

      HMAS Whyalla (J153), a Bathurst-class corvette launched in 1941, decommissioned in 1946, operated as a Victorian Public Works lighthouse tender until 1984, and preserved as a landlocked museum ship
      HMAS Whyalla (FCPB 208), a Fremantle-class patrol boat launched in 1982, and decommissioned in 2005


      Battle honours


      Ships named HMAS Whyalla are entitled to carry three battle honours:

      Pacific 1942–45
      New Guinea 1942–44
      Okinawa 1945


      References

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