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==Construction==
 
==Construction==

Revision as of 16:58, 23 September 2012

H.M.A.S. Australia (1911)
Pendant Number: C6 (Feb 1915)
09 (Jan 1918)
81 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown, Clydebank
(Ship no. 402)[2]
Ordered: 1908 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Jun, 1910[4]
Launched: 25 Oct, 1911[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1913[6]
Scuttled: 12 Apr, 1924[7]
Fate: off Sydney[8]


Construction

Service

Australia paid off into Reserve at Sydney on 12 December, 1921.[9]

Alterations

In 1915, director equipment for Australia had been ordered, but it was not installed until sometime between December 1915 and the Battle of Jutland.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  2. Clydebank Battlecruisers. Footers.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  9. [Australian] Navy List (April, 1922). p. 25.
  10. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships. pp. 9-11.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 398a.
  12. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 399j.
  13. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 946.
  14. [Australian] Navy List (July, 1919). p. 23.
  15. [Australian] Navy List (January, 1921). p. 26.
  16. [Australian] Navy List. (October, 1921). p. 26.

Bibliography


Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser
  Indefatigable New Zealand Australia  
<– Invincible Class Major Cruisers (UK) Lion Class –>