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HMAS
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English
His Majesty's Australian Ship
Pronunciation
en EN-AU ck1 HMAS.ogg AU
Noun
en noun
en initialism nautical military Australia His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship; the designation of Australian ships and naval bases.
en-GB Helen Davidson Blackballing and blanket beatings: decades of abuse at defence training school revealed The Guardian 2014-06-17 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/18/defence-should-have-known-about-decades-of-abuse-of-boys-inquiry-finds 0261-3077 The Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (Dart)—whose report was tabled on Wednesday by the defence minister, David Johnston—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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018123004/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/18/defence-should-have-known-about-decades-of-abuse-of-boys-inquiry-finds 18 October 2026
en initialism nautical military Australia His Majesty's Australian Ship.
en initialism nautical military UK obsolete His Majesty's Auxiliary Ship
en initialism nautical military UK obsolete Her Majesty's Auxiliary Ship
en initialism nautical military UK obsolete His Majesty's Armed Schooner
en initialism nautical military UK obsolete Her Majesty's Armed Schooner
Related terms
HMS
HMCS
HMNZS
HDMS
Anagrams
en ahms SAHM hams sham Mahs MSHA AShM MASH HSAM MHAs Mash Sham Samh Sahm Hams mash AMHS
en Ship prefixes