HMAS Yarra

Four ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Yarra after the Yarra River in Victoria.

  • HMAS Yarra (D79), a River-class torpedo boat destroyer commissioned into the Australian Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1910, transferred to the RAN on its foundation in 1911, operated until 1929, and scuttled
  • HMAS Yarra (U77), a Grimsby-class sloop commissioned in 1936 and was lost on 4 March 1942 while defending a convoy from seven Japanese warships
  • HMAS Yarra (DE 45), a River-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1961 and in service until 1985
  • HMAS Yarra (M 87), a Huon-class minehunter commissioned in 2003 and in active service as of 2016

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