HMAS Warramunga
Two ships of the
Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Warramunga, derived from the Warramunga aboriginal people of the Tennant Creek area.
The first
HMAS Warramunga (D-10/I-44/D-123) was a Tribal class
destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at
Sydney in
New South Wales on
10 February 1940, launched on
7 February 1942 by Mrs. F. M. Forde, wife of the Minister for the Army and commissioned on
23 November 1942.
Warramunga was assigned to convoy escort duty between
Queensland and
New Guinea, participated in almost all of the South-West Pacific landings, was present at the official Japanese surrender in
Tokyo Bay on
2 September 1945, and operated in support of United Nations Forces during the
Korean War.
HMAS Warramunga paid off to reserve at Sydney on
7 December 1959, was declared for disposal on
22 May 1961 and sold for scrap to Kinoshita and Company Limited of
Japan on
15 February 1963.
The second
HMAS Warramunga (152) is an Anzac class
frigate laid down by Tenix Defence Systems Propriety Limited at
Williamstown in Victoria on
26 July 1997, launched on
23 May 1998 and commissioned on
31 March 2001.