Talk:HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)

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HMAS Torrens
Is there a reference to FFG05 being ordered as Torrens? HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was only 9 years old when the 5th and 6th frigates were ordered. 203.9.185.136 (talk) 05:35, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Pretty sure that the MacDougall cite makes the name claim, but will doublecheck in the next few days. -- saberwyn 11:38, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * "The Fraser Government had made cuts in defence spending in 1977, but bolstered expenditure in 1980, making provision for two locally built FFG-7 guided missile frigates to join the four being bought from the United States. At the time of writing, this six-ship flotilla consists of HM Australian Ships Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Darwin, Newcastle and Torrens."

- A.K. MacDougall, Australians at War, p. 345


 * Trying to find other sources that support or dispute this claim is not going well... the Navy League of Australia's website has died, so unable to look at back issues of their journal, and trawling through old Navy News issues is providing little success, although this 9 August issue (p. 4) implies that naming the ship Melbourne was was considered likely but not certain at the time of her laying down. -- saberwyn 11:18, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Can't find any other sources that support or even allude to this claim, so am removing it. -- saberwyn 04:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 7 June 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. (non-admin closure)  ~SS49~   {talk}  02:16, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Chilean frigate Almirante Latorre (2020) → HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) – This article has one line relating to the transfer and commissioning of this individual ship into the Chilean Navy. Further, the naming convention states that articles "should be placed at the best-known name", which I submit that, at least for the present, is the ship's previous name Hammersfan (talk) 23:53, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Per the above. I think that this could just be moved back as a non-controversial move. Nick-D (talk) 05:12, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment No objection. I moved it to the current title following another editors move to an incorrect titling format. Lyndaship (talk) 06:05, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Support, most of article is HMAS period.--Bob not snob (talk) 05:35, 9 June 2020 (UTC)


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