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Order of Service commemorating HMAS Anzac III commissioning 18 May 1996

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Royal Australian Navy

1996

Overview

Beige card and thick paper booklet with HMAS Anzac’s crest on the front cover. Inside, the booklet provides the history of HMAS Anzac, the commissioning service details and the specifications of the ship.

Historical information

HMAS Anzac III (FFH 150) was launched on 16 September 1994 by Lieutenant Colonel V. Statham, better known as Vivian Bullwinkle, and commissioned on 18 May 1996. The first of 10 Anzac Class frigates she was built by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria. HMAS Anzac’s motto is “United We Stand” and she was the ‘First Lady of the Fleet”, being the oldest ship in the fleet between 15 June 2023 and her decommissioning on 18 May 2024.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-1996.6.1

Item type

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Material

Width

175 mm

Height or length

210 mm

Weight

26 g

Inscriptions and markings

"ORDER OF SERVICE / TO COMMEMORATE THE COMMISSIONING INTO / THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY / OF HMAS ANZAC / on SATURDAY MAY 1996 / at STATION PIER / PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA" on front cover

Contextual Information

This booklet contains the history of ships named Anzac, details of the service held for the commissioning of HMAS Anzac III and the specifications of the vessel

Keywords

HMAS ANZAC commissioning

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Place made

Victoria, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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Links to additional resources

https://seapower.navy.gov.au/hmas-anzac-iii

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