HMAS Geelong#Battle honours

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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Geelong, for the city of Geelong, Victoria.

  • {{HMAS|Geelong|J201}}, a Bathurst-class corvette launched in 1941 and lost after colliding with an American tanker in 1944
  • {{HMAS|Geelong|FCPB 215}}, a Fremantle-class patrol boat launched in 1984 and decommissioned in 2006

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Geelong are entitled to carry two battle honours:{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |title=Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |archivedate=13 June 2011 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |accessdate=23 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2012}}

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