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The Wreck of HMAS Parramatta, Hawkesbury River
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DateBetween 22nd March 2011 and 17th June 2012
DescriptionHMAS Parramatta was a six 'River' Class torpedo boat destroyer built for the Royal Australian Navy during the period before World War 1.
On 17 October 1929 she was handed over to Cockatoo Dockyard for dismantling. Her hull was subsequently used as an accommodation vessel by the New South Wales Penal Department before being sold to Mr George Rhodes of Cowan as scrap.
What remained of HMAS Parramatta lay derelict in the Hawkesbury River until 7 July 1973. On that and the following day the bow and stern sections were salvaged and later transported to a site on the north bank of the Parramatta River, upstream from the Silverwater Bridge. The stern of the ship was later established as a naval memorial at Queens Wharf Reserve. The bow section is mounted at the north end of Garden Island, Sydney, within the grounds of the Naval Cultural and Heritage Centre.
The remaining section still lies on the mud bank near Milsons Island.
2011 colour image of the wreck supplied by Hornsby Shire Council - Environment Branch.
B & W image of HMAS Parramatta anchored in Port Adelaide in December 1910, shortly after arriving in Australian waters for the first time, supplied by State Library of South Australia.Physical FormatPhotograph
DescriptionHMAS Parramatta was a six 'River' Class torpedo boat destroyer built for the Royal Australian Navy during the period before World War 1.On 17 October 1929 she was handed over to Cockatoo Dockyard for dismantling. Her hull was subsequently used as an accommodation vessel by the New South Wales Penal Department before being sold to Mr George Rhodes of Cowan as scrap.
What remained of HMAS Parramatta lay derelict in the Hawkesbury River until 7 July 1973. On that and the following day the bow and stern sections were salvaged and later transported to a site on the north bank of the Parramatta River, upstream from the Silverwater Bridge. The stern of the ship was later established as a naval memorial at Queens Wharf Reserve. The bow section is mounted at the north end of Garden Island, Sydney, within the grounds of the Naval Cultural and Heritage Centre.
The remaining section still lies on the mud bank near Milsons Island.
2011 colour image of the wreck supplied by Hornsby Shire Council - Environment Branch.
B & W image of HMAS Parramatta anchored in Port Adelaide in December 1910, shortly after arriving in Australian waters for the first time, supplied by State Library of South Australia.
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The Wreck of HMAS Parramatta, Hawkesbury River (Between 22nd March 2011 and 17th June 2012). Hornsby Shire, accessed 25/07/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4551