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'''Mulloka''' was an Australian-designed [[sonar]] system installed on ships of the [[Royal Australian Navy]].<ref name="Dennis">{{cite book|last=Dennis|first=Peter|title=The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History|publisher=Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand|location=Melbourne|date=2008|edition=Second|page=376|isbn=978-0-19-551784-2|display-authors=etal}}</ref>  It was optimised for the warm and shallow waters common off Australia and used a high frequency.<ref name="Wertheim">{{cite book|last=Wertheim|first=Eric|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=2007|page=18|isbn=978-1-59114-955-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C}}</ref> The system was developed during the 1970s, with {{sclass2|River|destroyer escort|1}} {{HMAS|Yarra|DE 45|6}} being used as the trial ship for Mulloka between 1974 and 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-yarra-iii|title=HMAS Yarra (III)|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|accessdate=2009-07-11}}</ref> These trials ended on 17 August 1979 when the system was accepted for service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navyhistory.org.au/category/navy-day-by-day/1976-1999/page/2/|title=On this day: 1976-1999 > Post Vietnam|publisher=Naval Historical Society of Australia|accessdate=2009-07-11}}</ref> Mulloka was subsequently fitted to all the RAN's River-class destroyer escorts and two of the six {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|1}}s. It was removed from the frigates during the 2000s as part of an upgrade of their capabilities.<ref name="Dennis" />
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[[Category:Military equipment of the Royal Australian Navy]]
[[Category:Cold War military equipment of Australia]]
[[Category:Sonar]]
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