HMAS Ballarat
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy
have been named HMAS Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat, Victoria
., a Bathurst class corvette serving from 1940 to 1947., an Anzac class frigate commissioned in 2004 and active as of 2011.
s are carried by ships named HMAS Ballarat:
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
have been named HMAS Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...
., a Bathurst class corvette serving from 1940 to 1947., an Anzac class frigate commissioned in 2004 and active as of 2011.
Battle honours
Three battle honourBattle honour
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags , uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible....
s are carried by ships named HMAS Ballarat:
- PacificSouth West Pacific theatre of World War IIThe South West Pacific Theatre, technically the South West Pacific Area, between 1942 and 1945, was one of two designated area commands and war theatres enumerated by the Combined Chiefs of Staff of World War II in the Pacific region....
1941–45 - New GuineaNew Guinea campaignThe New Guinea campaign was one of the major military campaigns of World War II.Before the war, the island of New Guinea was split between:...
1942–44 - OkinawaBattle of OkinawaThe Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945...
1945