HMAS Cairns

HMAS Cairns

There has been one ship and one shore establishment in the Royal Australian Navy named for the city of Cains:

*The first "Cairns" was a Bathurst class corvette.
*The second "Cairns" is the RAN's minor war vessel base at Cairns in Queensland.


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