HMAS Shepparton
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy
have been named HMAS Shepparton, for the city of Shepparton, Victoria
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, a Bathurst class corvette launched in 1942 and sold for scrap in 1958, a Paluma class survey vessel launched in 1989 and active as of 2011
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Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
have been named HMAS Shepparton, for the city of Shepparton, Victoria
Shepparton, Victoria
Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...
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, a Bathurst class corvette launched in 1942 and sold for scrap in 1958, a Paluma class survey vessel launched in 1989 and active as of 2011
Battle honours
Ships named HMAS Shepparton are entitled to carry two battle honourBattle honour
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags , uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible....
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- PacificSouth West Pacific theatre of World War IIThe South West Pacific Theatre, technically the South West Pacific Area, between 1942 and 1945, was one of two designated area commands and war theatres enumerated by the Combined Chiefs of Staff of World War II in the Pacific region....
1943 - New GuineaNew Guinea campaignThe New Guinea campaign was one of the major military campaigns of World War II.Before the war, the island of New Guinea was split between:...
1943–44