Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Armidale, for the city of Armidale, New South Wales.
, a launched in January 1942 and sunk by Japanese aircraft on 1 December 1942; the only ship of the class lost to enemy action A announced in August 1980 was to be named Armidale, but the vessel was cancelled before construction , the lead ship of the s, was commissioned in 2005 and is active as of 2016
Battle honours Three battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMAS Armidale: Darwin 1942 Pacific 1942 New Guinea 1942
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