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Revision as of 16:43, 5 April 2018
H.M.A.S. Australia (1927) | |
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Builder: | John Brown & Company[1] |
Laid down: | 26 Aug, 1925[2] |
Launched: | 17 Mar, 1927[3] |
Commissioned: | 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] – c. mid-May, 1929[Inference]
- Captain William S. Chalmers, 17 May, 1929[8]
- Captain Herbert A. Forster, 1 April, 1935 – 30 May, 1937[Fact Check]
- Captain Robert R. Stewart, 29 August, 1939[9]
- Captain Emile F. V. Dechaineux, 9 March, 1944[10] – 21 October, 1944[11] (killed when in command)
- Captain John M. Armstrong, 29 October, 1944[12]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). 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.
Bibliography
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