Battle Honours
Between them, ships named HMAS Melbourne have earned five battle honours.
- Rabaul 1914
- North Sea 1916–18
- Malaysia 1965–66
- East Timor 2000
- Persian Gulf 2002
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Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or honours:
“The battle of the North Atlantic is a grim business, and it isn’t going to be won by charm and personality.”
—Edmund H. North, British screenwriter, and Lewis Gilbert. First Sea Lord (Laurence Naismith)
“Come hither, all ye empty things,
Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
Who float upon the tide of state,
Come hither, and behold your fate.
Let pride be taught by this rebuke,
How very mean a thing’s a Duke;
From all his ill-got honours flung,
Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)