Four ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name HMAS Parramatta.
The first HMAS Parramatta http://www.navy.gov.au/ships/parramatta/history.html (D-55) was a River class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited of Govan at Glasgow in Scotland, launched on 9 February 1910 by Mrs. H. E. Asquith, wife of the British Prime Minister, commissioned as a Royal Navy Ship for the voyage to Australia on 10 September 1910, and passed to the control of the Australian government at Broome in Western Australia on 15 November 1910.
The third HMAS Parramatta (F 05/DE 46) was a River class destroyer escort (a licence-built Type 12 frigate) laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 31 January 1957, launched on 31 January 1959 by Lady Dowling, wife of the First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff, and commissioned on 14 July 1961 under the command of Commander G. R. Griffiths DSC RAN.
The fourth ship to bear the name, HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 5 June 1999. The vessel was launched on 17 June 2000, and commissioned on 4 October 2003.
HMAS Parramatta (U 44), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down on 9 November 1938 at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales. She was commissioned into service with the Royal Australian Navy on 8 April 1940 and soon commenced duty as a convoy escort.