Ship Dive Wreck - Injector and Rod from "HMAS Swan III"

1965
Subcollections
Overview

Injector and push rod from the HMAS Swan wreck

Historical information

HMAS Swan (DE 50), named after the Swan River, was a River-Class Destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed in Melbourne following the loss of HMAS Voyager, Swan entered service in 1970. During her career, the ship was deployed to South East Asia on several occasions as part of ANZUK forces. She was modernised in the mid-1980s, then was assigned to the west coast naval base HMAS Stirling.

HMAS Swan (III), was laid down on 18 August 1965 and launched on 16 December 1967 at the HMA Naval Dockyard, Williamstown, Victoria. She was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 20 January 1970 and served until 13 September 1996.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2024.109
Item type
Material
Contextual information

HMAS Swan III was decommissioned in 1996 and was scuttled as a dive wreck off the coast of Dunsborough, Western Australia at the end of 1997.

Place made
Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Last modified
Saturday, 21 February, 2026
Completeness
100
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Injector and rod from HMAS Swan
Injector and rod from HMAS Swan
Photograph of HMAS Swan III
Photograph courtesy of Nepean Naval and Maritime Museum, New South Wales.

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