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The first HMAS Fremantle (J-246/M-246) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 18 March 1942 by Mrs. J. Curtin, wife of the Prime Minister John Curtin, and commissioned on 24 March 1943. HMAS Fremantle paid off to reserve on 22 June 1959 and was sold for scrap to the Kinoshita Company of Japan on 6 January 19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year i. one that looked the same upside down since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, cease.

The second HMAS Fremantle (P-203) is the lead shipThe lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. Large ships are complicated internally, and may take a long time to construct, as much as five to 10 years, so it is rare to have two of them th of the Fremantle class patrol boatThe Fremantle class patrol boats have been the Royal Australian Navy's coastal patrol vessels since 1979. Their retirement was announced in 2001 and a decommissioning schedule published in 2004. From May 2005 they are to be replaced by the Armidale classs laid down by Brooke Marine at LowestoftLowestoft is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, within The Broads National Park. The name is said to come from 'toft' (a Viking word for 'homestead') and 'Loth' or 'Lowe' (a Viking male name). The town's name has been spelled variously: Lothnwistoft in EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England on 11 November 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar, launched on 16 February 1979 and commissioned on 15 March 1980.

The S class destroyer HMS Swordsman , transferred to the Royal Australian Navy from the Royal Navy, was to have been renamed HMAS Fremantle but this was rescinded on 11 June 1920 and the original name retained.