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HMAS Platypus
List of ships with the same or similar names From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Platypus, after the platypus:
- HMAS Platypus (1868), the former HMVS Cerberus.
- HMAS Platypus (1917), a submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy as HMS Penguin in 1917, transferred to the RAN in 1919 and scrapped in 1958.
- HMAS Platypus (naval base), a submarine shore base on Sydney Harbour between 1967 and 1999.
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Battle honours
Ships named HMAS Platypus are entitled to carry a single battle honour:[1][2]
- Darwin 1942–43
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