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Template:Ship, built for P&O in 1911 to expand its Blue Anchor Line subsidiary. Requisitioned as a troopship in the First World War. On 25 April 1917 a German submarine torpedoed her in the English Channel. All her passengers and crew were rescued and she was taken in tow, but she sank the next day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat, Victoria.
- Template:HMAS, a Bathurst-class corvette serving from 1940 to 1947
- Template:HMAS, an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 2004 and active as of 2019
Battle honoursEdit
Three battle honours are carried by ships named HMAS Ballarat:<ref name=newhonours>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=honourslist>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Pacific 1941–45
- New Guinea 1942–44
- Okinawa 1945