HMAS Torrens

Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Torrens, after the River Torrens.

HMAS Torrens (D67), a River class torpedo boat destroyer commissioned in 1916, decommissioned in 1920, and sunk as a target in 1930
HMAS Torrens (naval base), a naval depot at Port Adelaide, South Australia, operated from 1940 to 1964
HMAS Torrens (DE 53), a River class destroyer escort commissioned in 1971, decommissioned in 1998, and sunk as a target in 1999
One of the Adelaide class frigates was to be named HMAS Torrens, but at a point between 1982 and 1993 the decision was made to name the ship HMAS Melbourne^[1]

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Torrens are entitled to carry a single battle honour:^[2]^[3]

Adriatic 1917–18

References

^ MacDougall, Anthony K. (2002) [1991]. Australians at war: a pictoral history (2nd (revised and expanded) ed.). Noble Park, VIC: The Five Mile Press. p. 344. ISBN 1865038652.
^ "Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
^ "Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf. Retrieved 14 March 2010.

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