HMAS Parramatta

HMAS Parramatta (U44) was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built during the late 1930s, Parramatta operated in the Red Sea and Mediterranean during World War II. The sloop was torpedoed by the German submarine U-559 on 27 November 1941, and sank off Tobruk with 138 of the 162 personnel aboard.

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U44; U44
beam 11 metre, speed 16.5 knot, length 81 metre, length 81.2 metre, draft 3.07 metre, draft 2.29 metre, 3 QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun, 2 torpedo tube, 4 Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers,
Grimsby-class sloop-of-war, sloop-of-war, Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Royal Australian Navy,

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HMAS Parramatta ⓘ
1939 Grimsby-class sloop-of-war
U-568 ⓘ
1941 Type VIIC submarine

1941-11-27T00:00:00Z

shipwrecking

1939-06-10T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1938-11-09T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1940-04-08T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

Launching HMAS "Parramatta", Cockatoo Dock, June 1939 - photographer Sam Hood (10150124653)

HMAS Parramatta (AWM 301145)

Rockingham Naval Memorial Park, Commemorative plaque for HMAS Parramatta (U44) and HMAS Yarra (U77)

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

link	page	naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft	HMAS Parramatta	sloop-of-war, Grimsby-class sloop-of-war	Wikidata
object	watercraft	U-568	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	HMS Grimsby	shipwreck, sloop-of-war, Grimsby-class sloop-of-war	Wikidata
commons	image	Launching HMAS "Parramatta", Cockatoo Dock, June 1939 - photographer Sam Hood (10150124653)		Commons
commons	image	HMAS Parramatta (AWM 301145)		Commons
commons	image	Rockingham Naval Memorial Park, Commemorative plaque for HMAS Parramatta (U44) and HMAS Yarra (U77)		Commons

HMAS Parramatta

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