Ships
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMAS Parramatta (DE 46) | Cockatoo Island Shipyard, Sydney | 31 January 1959 | 14 July 1961 | 11 November 1991 | Broken Up |
| HMAS Yarra (DE 45) | Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne | 30 September 1958 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 | Broken Up |
| HMAS Stuart (DE 48) | Cockatoo Island | 8 April 1961 | 28 June 1963 | 26 July 1991 | Broken Up |
| HMAS Derwent (DE 49) | Williamstown Naval Dockyard | 17 April 1961 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 | Sunk during explosives test |
| HMAS Swan (DE 50) | Williamstown Naval Dockyard | 16 December 1967 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 | Sunk as artificial reef |
| HMAS Torrens (DE 53) | Cockatoo Island | 28 September 1968 | 19 January 1971 | 1998 | Sunk as target |
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Famous quotes containing the word ships:
“I saw three ships go sailing by,
Over the sea, the lifting sea....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Haven’t you heard, though,
About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o’erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.”
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)