HMAS Wollongong

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The crest of HMAS Wollongong

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named after the New South Wales city of Wollongong

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The first HMAS Wollongong was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd on the 29 January 1941, launched 5 July 1941, by Mrs Beasley, wife of the Minister for Supply and Shipping and commissioned later that year. The Wollongong (1) carries the following battle honours.

• Indian Ocean 1942-1945
• Mediterranean 1943
• Sicily 1943
• Pacific 1942-1945
• Okinawa 1945

On 11 February 1946 Wollongong paid off at Sydney in preparation for transfer to the Royal Netherlands Navy. She had steamed more than a quarter of a million miles during her commission with the Royal Australian Navy. Renamed HNLMS BANDA she served with the Royal Netherlands Navy until April 1950, when she was handed over to the newly created Indonesian Navy, being renamed RADJAWALI. In April 1968 the vessel was scrapped in Hong Kong

HMAS Wollongong (II) is one of 15 Fremantle class patrol boat in the Royal Australian Navy. Wollongong (II) was decommissioned in 2005

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