HMAS Parramatta (U 44)
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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Parramatta.
.jpg/300px-HMAS_Parramatta_(AWM_301145).jpg) HMAS Parramatta |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 9 November 1938 |
| Launched: | 10 June 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 8 April 1940 |
| Fate: | torpedoed and sunk on 27 Nov 1941 by U-559 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,060 tons (standard), 1,515 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons, steam turbines, 2 shafts. 2,000 shp |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots |
| Complement: | 135 |
| Armament: | 3 x 4 inch Mk XVI Anti-aircraft guns, 4 x 3 pounder guns, 1 x MG, 2 x Depth Charge Throwers, 2 x twin tubes for 21 inch torpedoes |
HMAS Parramatta (U 44), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down on 9 November 1938 at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales. She was commissioned into service with the Royal Australian Navy on 8 April 1940 and soon commenced duty as a convoy escort.
Commanded by Cdr. J.H. Walker, MVO, DSC, RAN, Parramatta was escorting transports resupplying the Allied garrison at Tobruk, when she was torpedoed and sunk on 27 Nov 1941 by U-559 in position 32.20N, 24.35E. There were 24 survivors, but 138 men, including all officers, lost their lives.
[edit] Bibliography
- Sea Power Centre Australia - HMAS Parramatta (II)
- Warships of Australia, Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0472-7
- The Price of Admiralty, Paul McGuire, Lieutenant RANVR and Frances M. McGuire, Oxford United Press, 1944.
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