Two ships of the
Royal Australian Navy
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(RAN) have been named HMAS ''Armidale'', for the city of
Armidale,
New South Wales
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* , a launched in January 1942 and sunk by Japanese aircraft on 1 December 1942; the only ship of the class lost to enemy action
* A announced in August 1980 was to be named ''Armidale'', but the vessel was cancelled before construction
* , the lead ship of the s, was commissioned in 2005 and is active as of 2016
Battle honours
Three
battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMAS ''Armidale'':
*
Darwin 1942
*
Pacific 1942
*
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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It is a simplified version of ...
1942
References
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Royal Australian Navy ship names