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The Perth-class destroyers were four guided missile destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered during 1962 and 1963, HMA Ships Perth, Hobart, Rockhampton and Brisbane were the first guided missiled-armed warships to enter service with the RAN. All four ships operated during the Indonesian Civil War. The class was decommissioned between 1999 and 2001, with all four vessels later sunk as dive wrecks.