HMAS Swan
List of ships with the same or similar names
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Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Swan, for the Swan River in Western Australia.
- HMAS Swan (D61), a River-class destroyer launched in 1915, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap
- HMAS Swan (U74), a Grimsby-class sloop launched in 1936, decommissioned in 1962, and broken up for scrap
- HMAS Swan (DE 50), a River-class destroyer escort launched in 1967, decommissioned in 1996, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997
Battle honours
Ships named HMAS Swan are entitled to carry four battle honours:[1][2]
- Adriatic 1917–18
- Darwin 1942
- Pacific 1941–45
- New Guinea 1943–44