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HMAS ''Swan'' (DE 50), named for the Swan River, was a of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed in Melbourne following the loss of HMAS ''Voyager'', ''Swan'' entered service in 1970. During her career, the ship was deployed to South East Asia on several occasions as part of ANZUK forces. She was modernised in the mid-1980s, then was assigned to the recently opened west coast naval base . Following the integration of women into the RAN, ''Swan'' was the site of sexual harassment and discrimination claims, leading to an Australian Defence Force-wide inquiry. ''Swan'' paid off in 1996, and was sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Dunsborough, Western Australia at the end of 1997. ==Construction== ''Swan'' and sister ship were ordered in 1964 as replacements for , a destroyer lost following a collision with the aircraft carrier in 1964.〔Jeremey, in Stevens, ''The Navy and the Nation'', p. 197〕 Although intended to be the same as the previous River class ships (themselves based on the British Type 12 frigate), the design was changed from 1965 to incorporate many of the improvements of the British ''Leander'' class frigates.〔Jeremey, in Stevens, ''The Navy and the Nation'', pp. 197–8〕 Work on the two vessels started without specifications or a contract, and the evolving design meant changes were being made as the ships were being constructed, with resulting delays and cost increases attributed to a lack of planning.〔Jeremey, in Stevens, ''The Navy and the Nation'', p. 205〕 ''Swan'' was laid down by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne, Victoria on 16 February 1965, and was launched on 16 December 1967 by the wife of the Minister for the Navy, Allen Fairhall.〔HMAS Swan (III)'', Sea Power Centre〕 The launching ceremony did not go entirely to plan; it took 11 attempts to smash the ceremonial bottle of champagne to christen ''Swan''.〔Jackson, ''Top Wreck Dives of the World, pp. 106–7〕 Although the ship had not been completed, she was commissioned into the RAN on 20 January 1970.〔〔Jeremey, in Stevens, ''The Navy and the Nation'', p. 198〕 She was the third ship of the RAN to be named for the Swan River in Western Australia.〔 ''Swan'' cost $22 million to build.〔Jackson, ''Top Wreck Dives of the World, p. 106〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Swan (DE 50)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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