hmas parramatta (f-05/de-46)

The third HMAS Parramatta (F-05/DE-46) was a River class destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 31 January 1957, launched on 31 January 1959 by Lady Dowling, wife of the First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff, and commissioned on 14 July 1961 under the command of Commander G. R. Griffiths DSC RAN. Parramatta escorted the Royal Yacht Britannia during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1963, served on patrol duties during the Indonesian Confrontation, escorted the fast troop transport HMAS Sydney to Vietnam, underwent a modernisation refit at Williamstown Naval Dockyard between 3 June 1977 and 26 August 1981, and visited the People's Republic of China in 1986. HMAS Parramatta paid off on 11 January 1991, was sold in August 1991 and broken up in Pakistan. Parramatta

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