HMAS Yarra (DE 45)

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HMAS Yarra (DE 45) underway c1962.jpg
HMAS Yarra (DE 45) underway circa 1962
History
Naval Ensign of Australia.svgAustralia
NamesakeThe Yarra River
BuilderWilliamstown Naval Dockyard
Laid down9 April 1957
Launched30 September 1958
Commissioned27 July 1961
Decommissioned22 November 1985
Motto"Hunt and Strike"
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up for scrap
Badge HMAS yarra crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type River-class destroyer escort
Displacement2,750 tons full load
Length112.8 m (370 ft)
Beam12.49 m (41.0 ft)
Draught5.18 m (17.0 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × English Electric steam turbines
  • 2 shafts; 30,000 shp total
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement250
Sensors and
processing systems
  • LW-02 long range air warning radar
  • 1979:
  • Mulloka sonar system
  • SPS-55 surface-search/navigation radar
  • Mark 22 fire control radar
Armament
NotesTaken from: [1]

HMAS Yarra (F07/DE 45), named for the Yarra River, was a River-class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). [1] The antisubmarine warship operated from 1961 to 1985.

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Construction

Yarra was laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne, Victoria on 9 April 1957. [1] An enhanced derivative of the Royal Navy's Type 12 frigate, Yarra was one of four ships constructed to provide an anti-submarine warfare capability for the RAN. [2] She was launched on 30 September 1958 by Lady McBride, wife of the Minister for Defence and commissioned into the RAN on 27 July 1961. [1]

Operational history

Yarra operated during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation; during a three-week patrol in June 1965, the ship fired on an Indonesian incursion force near Sabah. [3] The ship's service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66". [4] [5]

In 1983, Yarra was accompanied by the patrol boats Warrnambool and Ipswich on a deployment to South-East Asia for the multinational Exercise Starfish. [6]

Decommissioning and fate

Yarra paid off 22 November 1985. [1] She was sold for scrap.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 HMAS Yarra (III), Royal Australian Navy
  2. ↑ Cooper, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 189
  3. ↑ Cooper, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 199
  4. ↑ "Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours" (PDF). Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 259

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