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− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=24 April, 1928 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=24 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 292}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=1 April, 1935|end=30 May, 1937{{FC}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=1 April, 1935|end=30 May, 1937{{FC}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Stewart|nick=Robert R. Stewart|appt=29 August, 1939<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Stewart|nick=Robert R. Stewart|appt=29 August, 1939<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|end=}} |
Revision as of 10:00, 13 February 2018
H.M.A.S. Australia (1927) | |
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Builder: | John Brown[1] |
Laid down: | 26 Aug, 1925[2] |
Launched: | 17 Mar, 1927[3] |
Completed: | 24 Apr, 1928[4] |
Broken up: | 1955[5] |
Service
Commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.[6]
Captains
- Captain Francis H. W. Goolden, 24 April, 1928[7]
- Captain Herbert A. Forster, 1 April, 1935 – 30 May, 1937[Fact Check]
- Captain Robert R. Stewart, 29 August, 1939[8]
- Captain Emile F. V. Dechaineux, 9 March, 1944[9] – 21 October, 1944[10] (killed when in command)
- Captain John M. Armstrong, 29 October, 1944[11]
See Also
- Wikipedia
- HMAS Australia (II) – The Royal Australian Navy webpage for Australia.
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 292.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Dechaineux.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
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