HMAS Ipswich

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Ipswich, for the city of Ipswich, Queensland.

• , a Bathurst-class corvette launched in 1941 and transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1946
• , a Fremantle-class patrol boat which entered service in 1982 and was decommissioned in 2007

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Ipswich are entitled to carry five battle honours:

• Pacific 1942
• Indian Ocean 1942–45
• Sicily 1943
• East Indies 1944
• Okinawa 1945

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