HMASParramatta (IV) is the fifth of eight Anzac Class Frigates and is a long-range frigate capable of air defence, surface and undersea warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance and interdiction.
Parramatta is the oldest ship name in the Australian Navy and is the fourth RAN ship to bear the name. HMAS Parramatta (I) was the first ship commissioned into the Commonwealth Naval Forces (later to be named the Royal Australian Navy) on 10 September 1910.
