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The first HMAS Vendetta (D-69/I-69) was a V class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited , at Govan in Scotland on 25 November 1916, launched on 3 September 1917, completed on 17 October 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Vendetta at Portsmouth on 11 October 1933. Vendetta departed for Australia on 17 October 1933 and arrived in Sydney on 21 December 1933, paid off into reserve on 31 January 1934Events January-April January 1 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 7 First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 Einstein visits White House January 26 The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, Ne, recommissioned on 10 October 1934 but paid off into reserve on 1 June 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai, recommissioned on 29 September 1938, and served in the Mediterranean where she participated in the Battle of Cape MatapanThe Battle of Cape Matapan was a World War II naval battle fought off the Peloponnesus coast of Greece from March 27 to March 29, 1941 in which British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces under the command of the British Admiral Andrew Cunningham and was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941. HMAS Vendetta paid off for disposal on 27 November 1945. On 20 March 1946 she was sold to Penguin Propriety Limited at Sydney and her hull was scuttled off Sydney Heads on 2 July 1948.

The second HMAS Vendetta(D-08) was a Daring-class destroyer laid down by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 4 July 1950, launched on 3 May 1954 and commissioned on 26 November 1958. HMAS Vendetta paid off on 9 October 1979.

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HMAS SydneyFour ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Sydney after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales. The first Sydney was a Town-class light cruiser launched 29 August 1912. The second Sydney was a modified Leander class light cruiser la HMAS MelbourneThree ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Melbourne after Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria and second largest city in Australia. The first Melbourne was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912. The second Melbourne was a Maj HMAS AnzacThree ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Anzac after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, which came into definite use in January, 1915: The first Anzac (G-00) was a Marksman class destroyer commissioned in 1920 and paid off in HMAS AruntaTwo ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name HMAS Arunta derived from the Arrernte aboriginal people from central Australia. The first Arunta was a Tribal-class destroyer commissioned in 1942. The second Arunta is an Anzac class frigate comm HMAS BallaratTwo ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat (or Ballaarat) in Victoria. The first HMAS Ballarat was a Bathurst class corvette, built by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria, launched on 10 De HMAS BarcooHMAS Barcoo (K-375/F-375/A-245), named for the Barcoo River in Queensland, was a River class frigate laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 21 October 1942, launched on 26 August 1943 by Mrs. Keane, HMAS Barwon HMAS Bataan (I91) HMAS Brisbane HMAS Adelaide (1918) HMAS Burdekin HMAS Canberra HMAS Condamine HMAS Culgoa HMAS Darwin (FFG04)