HMAS Hawkesbury (M 83)

HMAS Hawkesbury (M 83)

HMAS "Hawkesbury" (M 83) is the second "Huon" class minehunter to have been built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is also the second warship to be named after the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales.

"Hawkesbury" was built by Australian Defence Industries in Newcastle, New South Wales, launched on 24 April 1998, and commissioned into the RAN on 12 February 2000. "Hawkesbury" is based at HMAS "Waterhen" in Sydney with the majority of the RAN's mine warfare assets.

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