HMAS Swan

Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Swan, for the Swan River in Western Australia.

• HMAS Swan (D61), a River class destroyer launched in 1915, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap
• HMAS Swan (U74), a Grimsby class sloop launched in 1936, decommissioned in 1962, and broken up for scrap
• HMAS Swan (DE 50), a River class destroyer escort launched in 1967, decommissioned in 1996, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Swan are entitled to carry four battle honours:^[1][2]

• Adriatic 1917–18
• Darwin 1942
• Pacific 1941–45
• New Guinea 1943–44

See also

• HMS Swan, twenty ships of the Royal Navy.
• USS Swan, three ships of the United States Navy.

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