John Newman
The Bunker Group
Yes I did leave poor old Burdekin off the list (was quickly referring to my trusty old 'Warships of Australia' book that I've had forever and was comparing against the current commissioned ships), sorry to Burdekin!!Small correction John, Quality was not converted to ASW and you left out poor old Burdekin from the rivers.
Some more to choose from could be the Ton class; Snipe, Ibis, Hawk, Gull, Teal, and Curlew or perhaps Rushcutter and Shoalwater, maybe the O class SSKs; Oxley, Ovens, Otama, Otway, Orion and Onslow.
Anyway many to choose from and as long as they stay away from the politically correct interference of the naming committee and end up with a persons name like Choules, I'll be content with any outcome.
And yes I should have said the Q Class Destroyers were converted to ASW with the exception of Quality.
And let's not forget with the subs, AE 1, AE 2, J1, J2, J3, J4, J5 and J7 (J6 being lost in WWI when still in RN service), the Dutch sub, K9. And of course the various RN 'A' and 'T' class subs that served here for many years prior to the 'O' boats arriving.
And I'm with you on the 'politically correct' naming too.
Lets hope the Collins replacements don't end up with former PM's names!!!!