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HMAS Ballarat (right) refueling from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan

The second HMAS Ballarat is an Anzac class frigate which currently forms part of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 4 August 2000, launched on 25 May 2002 and commissioned on 26 June 2004. HMAS Ballarat is based at Fleet Base East and conducted her first operational deployment to the Persian Gulf between March and July 2006.