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Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS ''Perth'' after Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. * , a modified light cruiser. Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Amphion'' in 1936, she was sold to the RAN three years later. The ship served until 1 March 1942, when she was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait. * , the lead ship of the guided missile destroyers. Built as a derivative for the RAN and commissioned in 1965, the ship served until decommissioning in 1999. She was sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Albany, Western Australia, in 2001. * , an commissioned in 2006 and active as of 2022.


Battle honours

Nine battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMAS ''Perth''. * Atlantic 1939 * Malta Convoys 1941 * Matapan 1941 * Greece 1941 * Crete 1941 * Mediterranean 1941 * Pacific 1941–42 *
Sunda Strait The Sunda Strait ( id, Selat Sunda) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java island, Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean. Etymology The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the weste ...
1942 * Vietnam 1967–71


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