About This Unit
HMAS Torrens (DE 53)
Builder: Cockatoo Island Dockyards, Sydney
Laid down: August 18, 1965
Launched: September 28, 1968
Commissioned: January 19, 1971
Decommissioned: September 11, 1998
Fate: sunk as a target by a Mk-48/Mod.4 toredo fired by HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74) - June 14, 1999
Ship's motto: FAITH AND FORTITUDE
HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Torrens entered service in 1971, and was active until her decommissioning in 1998. The ship was sunk as a target by HMAS Farncomb in June 1999.
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