HMAS Parramatta

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Four ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name HMAS Parramatta.

Named for the Parramatta River, from the Barramattagal people (burra meaning eel and matta meaning creek), a large tidal estuary of Sydney Harbour.

• The first HMAS Parramatta (D-55) was a River class destroyer launched on 9 February 1910 and descommissioned in 1928.
• The second HMAS Parramatta (L 44 / U 44) was a Grimsby class sloop commissioned 1939 and sunk by U-559 off Tobruk, Lybia 27 Nov, 1941.
• The third HMAS Parramatta (F-05/DE-46) was a River class destroyer escort launched on 31 January 1959
• The fourth HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154) is an Anzac class frigate launched on 17 June 2000