Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/November 8

HMAS Melbourne in 2009

HMAS Melbourne (III) is an Adelaide class guided missile frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria on 12 July 1985, launched on 5 May 1989 and commissioned on 15 February 1992. Melbourne saw active service in the Persian Gulf and off East Timor. It was decommissioned on 26 October 2019.