Arunta's career shows a wartime destroyer continuing as part of postwar Commonwealth and allied force structures. After recommissioning, she served with the Korean patrol group, exercised with British and New Zealand ships, and joined the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve in the Far East. Her operational mileage illustrates how long a Second World War design could remain useful through refits and alliance commitments. The closing correction distinguishes her capsizing while under tow for scrap from the survival of the preserved Canadian Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida.
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HMAS Arunta's postwar service and final loss
A book passage follows HMAS Arunta from Korean-era service through Far East deployments to her loss while being towed for scrap.