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&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMAS_Paramatta_(DE_46)_underway_c1974.jpg) Paramatta circa 1974
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Namesake | The Parramatta River |
| Builder | Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
| Laid down | 31 January 1957 |
| Launched | 31 January 1959 |
| Commissioned | 14 July 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 11 January 1991 |
| Motto | "Strike Deep" |
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| Fate | Broken up for scrap |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 2,750 tons full load |
| Length | 112.8 m (370 ft) |
| Beam | 12.49 m (41.0 ft) |
| Draught | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
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| Speed | 31.9 knots (59.1 km/h; 36.7 mph) |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
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HMAS Parramatta (F05/DE 46), named for the Parramatta River, was a River-class destroyer escort (a licence-built Type 12 frigate) of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).