Hmas

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship; the designation of Australian ships and naval bases. Australia, initialism

    "The Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (Dart)[…]accepted as true allegations of abuse made by 207 former young recruits of HMAS Leeuwin at Fremantle, Western Australia, however it stopped short of recommending a royal commission."

  2. 2
    plural of HMA form-of, plural
  3. 3
    His Majesty's Australian Ship. Australia, initialism
  4. 4
    His Majesty's Auxiliary Ship UK, initialism, obsolete
  5. 5
    Her Majesty's Auxiliary Ship UK, initialism, obsolete
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  1. 6
    His Majesty's Armed Schooner UK, initialism, obsolete
  2. 7
    Her Majesty's Armed Schooner UK, initialism, obsolete

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"Even though eye witnesses saw the HMAS Sydney sink in 1941, it took 60 years to locate the wreck on the bottom of the Indian Ocean."

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