Four ships of the

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been named HMAS ''Parramatta'', for the

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. The name comes from the Barramattagal people (''burra'' meaning eel and ''matta'' meaning creek). * , a River-class destroyer commissioned in 1910,

paid off Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship in ...

in 1928, and sold for scrap * , a ''Grimsby''-class sloop commissioned in 1939, and sunk by off Tobruk on 27 November 1941 * , a River-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1991 * , an ''Anzac''-class frigate commissioned in 2003 and active as of 2016

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS ''Parramatta'' are entitled to carry four

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s: *Rabaul 1914 *

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1917–18 *Libya 1941 *

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1964–66

References

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