HMAS Labuan (L-3501)

HMAS Labuan (L-3501)

HMAS "Labuan" (L-3501) was a Mark III Tank Landing Ship built by Canadian Vickers, Limited, of Montreal in Canada, launched on 31 August 1944 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 1 July 1946. She paid off to reserve on 28 September 1951 and was sold on 9 November 1955.

The "Labuan" was the first of two naval vessels to be named after Labuan, an island off the east coast of Sabah.


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