HMAS Geelong

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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Geelong in Victoria.

• The first HMAS Geelong (J201) was a Bathurst class corvette launched in 1941 and lost following collision with an American tanker in 1944.
• The second HMAS Geelong (FCPB 215) was a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 15 November 1982, launched on 14 April 1984 and commissioned on 2 June 1984. Geelong was decommissioned at HMAS Coonawarra on 8 July 2006.