Three ships of the
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of ...
(RAN) have been named HMAS ''Swan'', for the
Swan River in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
*, a River-class destroyer launched in 1915, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap
*, a ''Grimsby''-class sloop launched in 1936, decommissioned in 1962, and broken up for scrap
*, a River-class destroyer escort launched in 1967, decommissioned in 1996, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997
Battle honours
Ships named HMAS ''Swan'' are entitled to carry four
battle honour
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
In European military t ...
s:
*
Adriatic 1917–18
*
Darwin 1942
*
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
1941–45
*
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
1943–44
See also
* , twenty ships of the Royal Navy.
* , three ships of the United States Navy.
References
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Royal Australian Navy ship names