Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/August 31

HMAS Jervis Bay (rear) with HMAS Perth in 1992

The first HMAS Jervis Bay (GT 203) was a Royal Australian Navy transport and training ship. She was built during the late 1960s as a roll-on, roll-off passenger-cargo ship in Newcastle, New South Wales and was operated as a ferry in Bass Strait by the Australian National Line. The RAN purchased the ship in January 1977 to replace HMAS Duchess as the fleet training ship and she was commissioned in August. Jervis Bay provided navigation and seamanship training and also provided transport to the Army as required. Jervis Bay paid off in April 1994 and was sold in December. After ten years in civilian service, the ship was scrapped.