HMAS Parramatta (DE 46)

	Paramatta circa 1974
History
Australia
Namesake	The Parramatta River
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down	31 January 1957
Launched	31 January 1959
Commissioned	14 July 1961
Decommissioned	11 January 1991
Motto	"Strike Deep"
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation; Plus three inherited battle honours;
Fate	Broken up for scrap
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General characteristics
Class and type	River-class destroyer escort
Displacement	2,750 tons full load
Length	112.8 m (370 ft)
Beam	12.49 m (41.0 ft)
Draught	5.18 m (17.0 ft)
Propulsion	2 × English Electric steam turbines; 2 shafts; 30,000 shp total;
Speed	31.9 knots (59.1 km/h; 36.7 mph)
Sensors and ; processing systems	LW02 long range air warning radar; 1979:; Mulloka sonar system; SPS-55 surface-search/navigation radar; Mark 22 fire control radar;
Armament	Original:; 2 × 4.5 inch Mark 6 guns (1 twin turret); 2 × Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortar; 1979 refit:; 1 × quad Seacat SAM launcher; 1 × Ikara ASW system; 2 × Mark 32 torpedo tubes;

HMAS Parramatta (F05/DE 46), named for the Parramatta River, was a River-class destroyer escort (a licence-built Type 12 frigate) of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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