HMAS Parramatta (U44)

HMAS "Parramatta" (U44), the second ship to bear that name, was a "Grimsby" class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down on 9 November 1938 at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales. She was commissioned into service with the Royal Australian Navy on 8 April 1940 and soon commenced duty as a convoy escort.

Commanded by Cdr. J.H. Walker, MVO, DSC, RAN, "Parramatta" was escorting transports resupplying the Allied garrison at Tobruk, when she was torpedoed and sunk on 27 November 1941 by "U-559" in position 32.20N, 24.35E. There were 24 survivors, but 138 men, including all officers, lost their lives.

Bibliography

* [http://www.navy.gov.au/w/index.php/HMAS_Parramatta_%28II%29 Sea Power Centre Australia - HMAS Parramatta (II)]
*"Warships of Australia", Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0472-7
*"The Price of Admiralty", Paul McGuire, Lieutenant RANVR and Frances M. McGuire, Oxford United Press, 1944.

See also

*List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
*List of Royal Australian Navy ships