HMAS Parramatta

Four ships of the Royal Australian Navy been named HMAS Parramatta, for the Parramatta River. The name comes from the Barramattagal people (burra meaning eel and matta meaning creek).


 * HMAS Parramatta (D55), a River class destroyer commissioned in 1910, paid off in 1928, and sold for scrap
 * HMAS Parramatta (U44), a Grimsby class sloop commissioned in 1939, and sunk by U-559 off Tobruk on 27 November 1941.
 * HMAS Parramatta (DE 46), a River class destroyer escort commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1991
 * HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154), an Anzac class frigate commissioned in 2003 and active as of 2012

Battle honours
Ships named HMAS Parramatta are entitled to carry four battle honours:
 * Rabaul 1914
 * Adriatic 1917–18
 * Libya 1941
 * Malaysia 1964–66