HMAS Yarra (DE 45)
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For other ships that bear this name, see HMAS Yarra.
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Williamstown Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 9 April 1957 |
| Launched: | 30 September 1958 |
| Commissioned: | 27 July 1961 |
| Status: | Broken up |
| Homeport: | Sydney |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,560 tons |
| Length: | 113m |
| Beam: | 12.49m |
| Draught: | 5.18m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x English Electric steam turbines 2 shaft; 30,000shp |
| Speed: | 31.9 knots |
| Complement: | |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1979: Mulloka sonar system SPS-55 surface-search/navigation radar |
| Armament: | 2x 4.5in Mk6 gun 2x Limbo Mk10 AS mortar re-fitted 1x quad Seacat SAM launcher 1x Ikara ASW system 2x Mark 32 torpedo tubes |
| Motto: | "Hunt and Strike" |
| Badge: |  |
The third HMAS Yarra (F 07/DE 45) was a River class destroyer escort laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne, Victoria 9 April 1957, launched 30 September 1958 by Lady McBride, wife of the Minister for Defence and commissioned on 27 July 1961.
HMAS Yarra paid off 22 November 1985.
| "River" class destroyer escort |
| Type 12 |
| Parramatta | Yarra | Stuart | Derwent |
| Leander |
| Swan | Torrens |
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