HMAS Parramatta (II)
The Grimsby class escort sloop HMAS Parramatta was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard for the Royal Australian Navy, as ship number 131. The vessel was laid down on 9 November 1938, launched on 10 June 1939, and completed on 4 April 1940. The overall length was 266 feet and 3 inches, and displacement was 1 080 tons. HMAS Parramatta was active during World War II in the East Indies and in the Mediterranean, and was sunk by torpedo attack from the German submarine U559 on 27 November 1941 with only 24 survivors from a total of 160 on board.
| ‘AS FITTED’ AND WORKING DRAWINGS OF ICE MAKING AND REFRIGERATING MACHINERY FOR HMAS PARRAMATTA AND WARREGO, 1933–39 | M3279 | |
 | Quantity: 0.18 metres | |
| WORKING DRAWINGS OF GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOPS HMAS YARRA, SWAN, PARRAMATTA AND WARREGO, 1933–40 | M2839 | |
| Quantity: 0.35 metres
Working drawings in this series used for the construction of HMAS Yarra and Swan are dated between 1933 and 1936. Subsequently the drawings were used for the construction of HMAS Parramatta and Warrego; later dates, ship numbers and names were added to some drawings, and some additional drawings with ‘A’, ‘B’ or other letter suffixes were included. Drawings include general arrangements, plating information, framing profiles and sections, details of watertight bulkheads, bridge structure and gun mountings. | ||
| General arrangement HMAS Parramatta and Warrego, 1939 | M2839, 1C | |
| ‘AS FITTED’ DRAWINGS OF ICE MAKING AND REFRIGERATING MACHINERY FOR GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOP HMAS PARRAMATTA, 1934–39 | M2907 | |
| Quantity: 0.18 metres
Many drawings in this series are titled HMAS Warrego as well as HMAS Parramatta, reflecting the similarity of the two vessels. | ||
| Arrangement of cool and cold rooms, 1938 | M2907, 17 | |
| ‘AS FITTED’ DRAWINGS OF WINDLASS CYLINDER FOR GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOP HMAS PARRAMATTA, 1939 | M2910 | |
| Quantity: 0.18 metres
As with the drawings in M2907, many drawings in this series are titled HMAS Warrego as well as HMAS Parramatta, reflecting the similarity of the two vessels. | ||
| ‘AS FITTED’ DRAWINGS OF GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOP HMAS PARRAMATTA, 1939–40 | M2908 | |
| Quantity: 0.18 metres
This series of drawings shows details of the outfit of the vessel and include general arrangements, profiles and sections; details of pumping, flooding and draining, of fresh and salt water services, and of ventilation; magazine; and a docking plan. | ||
| Profile, bridges and signal deck, 1940 | M2908, A | |
| Echo sounding installation, 1939 | M2908, 34 | |
| REGISTER TO WORKING DRAWINGS OF GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOPS HMAS PARRAMATTA AND WARREGO, 1939–40 | M3232 | |
| Quantity: 0.09 metres | ||
| INDEX TO WORKING DRAWINGS OF GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOPS HMAS PARRAMATTA AND WARREGO, 1939–40 | M3233 | |
| Quantity: 0.09 metres | ||
| ‘AS FITTED’ DRAWINGS OF STEERING GEAR FOR GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOP HMAS PARRAMATTA, 1940 | M2912 | |
| Quantity: 0.18 metres | ||