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Three ships of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) have been named '''HMAS ''Perth''''' after [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], the capital city of [[Western Australia]].<br />
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* {{HMAS|Perth|D29}}, a modified {{sclass|Leander|cruiser (1931)|0}} light cruiser. Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Amphion'' in 1936, she was sold to the RAN three years later. The ship served until 1 March 1942, when she was sunk during the [[Battle of Sunda Strait]].<br />
* {{HMAS|Perth|D 38}}, the lead ship of the {{sclass|Perth|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyers. Built as a {{sclass|Charles F. Adams|destroyer|2}} derivative for the RAN and commissioned in 1965, the ship served until decommissioning in 1999. She was sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of [[Albany, Western Australia]], in 2001.<br />
* {{HMAS|Perth|FFH 157}}, an {{sclass|Anzac|frigate|2}} commissioned in 2006 and active as of 2022.<br />
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==Battle honours==<br />
Nine [[battle honours]] have been awarded to ships named HMAS ''Perth''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |title=Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |archive-date=13 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}</ref><br />
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* [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]] 1939<br />
* [[Malta Convoys]] 1941<br />
* [[Battle of Cape Matapan|Matapan]] 1941<br />
* [[Battle of Greece|Greece]] 1941<br />
* [[Battle of Crete|Crete]] 1941<br />
* [[Battle of the Mediterranean|Mediterranean]] 1941<br />
* [[South West Pacific theatre of World War II|Pacific]] 1941–42<br />
* [[Battle of Sunda Strait|Sunda Strait]] 1942<br />
* [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] 1967–71<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Ship index}}<br />
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