HMAS Tobruk
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tobruk after the town of Tobruk in Libya, captured from the Italians by Australian and other allied forces in January 1941 and besieged by the Germans from April to October 1941.
- The first Tobruk was a Battle-class destroyer launched in 1947.
- The second Tobruk is an amphibious heavy lift ship laid down by Carrington Slipways at Newcastle, New South Wales on 7 February 1978, launched on 1 March 1980 and commissioned on 23 April 1981.
