HMAS Jervis Bay
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for Jervis Bay on the south coast of New South Wales.
The first HMAS Jervis Bay was a passenger-cargo ship built by the State Dockyard at Newcastle, New South Wales as the Australian Trader and launched on 17 February 1969. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy to replace HMAS Duchess as the fleet training ship and commissioned on 25 August 1977. HMAS Jervis Bay paid off on 18 April 1994 and was sold on 7 December 1994.
The second HMAS Jervis Bay was a wave piercing catamaran built by INCAT in Tasmania and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy for logistics operations in May 1999. HMAS Jervis Bay was returned to her owners in May 2001.