HMAS Parramatta (U44)

HMAS Parramatta
History
Australia
Namesake	The Parramatta River
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down	9 November 1938
Launched	10 June 1939
Commissioned	8 April 1940
Honours and awards	Battle honours:' Libya 1941 Plus two inherited honours
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 27 November 1941 by U-559
General characteristics
Class and type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	1,060 tons (standard), 1,515 tons (full load)
Length	266 ft (81 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Parsons, steam turbines, 2 shafts. 2,000 shp
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	135
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns 4 × 3-pounder guns 1 × machine-gun 2 × depth charge throwers 2 × twin tubes for 21 in (530 mm) torpedoes

HMAS Parramatta (U44) was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built during the late 1930s, Parramatta operated in the Red Sea and Mediterranean during World War II. The sloop was torpedoed by the German submarine U-559 on 27 November 1941, and sank with 138 of the 162 aboard.