HMAS Fremantle

HMAS Fremantle

Two vessels of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS "Fremantle" for the city of Fremantle, Western Australia:

* The first HMAS "Fremantle" (J246/M246) was a "Bathurst" class corvette launched in 1943 and decommissioned in 1959.
* The second HMAS "Fremantle" (FCPB 203) was a "Fremantle" class patrol boat commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 2006.
* HMS "Swordsman", an S class destroyer of the Royal Navy transferred to the Royal Australian Navy was to have been renamed HMAS "Fremantle", but the renaming order was rescinded on 11 June 1920.


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