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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.{{NLJul31|p. 292}}
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''Australia'' was commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.{{NLJul31|p. 292}}
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She was re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.{{NLJul37|p. 295}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Australia''" nat="AU">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Australia''" nat="AU">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=24 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 292}}|end=c. mid-May, 1929{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=24 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 292}}|end=23 April, 1929<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii R.A.N. page on the ship].</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Chalmers|nick=William S. Chalmers|appt=17 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 292}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Chalmers|nick=William S. Chalmers|appt=17 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 292}}|end=26 September, 1931<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii R.A.N. page on the ship].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=1 April, 1935|end=30 May, 1937{{FC}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=27 September, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 295}}|end=31 May, 1933<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii R.A.N. page on the ship].</ref>}}
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{{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=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Simon Fraser Macleod|nick=William S. F. Macleod|appt=1 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 295}}|end=31 March, 1935<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii R.A.N. page on the ship].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=1 April, 1935|end=4 April, 1937<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii R.A.N. page on the ship].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=5 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 295}}|end=23 April, 1938<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii R.A.N. page on the ship].</ref>}}
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{{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=13 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=George Dunbar Moore|nick=George D. Moore|appt=13 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=23 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Harold Bruce Farncomb|nick=Harold B. Farncomb|appt=24 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=8 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux|nick=Emile F. V. Dechaineux|appt=9 March, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/biography/captain-emile-frank-verlaine-dechaineux Royal Australian Navy webpage on Dechaineux].</ref>|end=21 October, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|note=killed when in command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux|nick=Emile F. V. Dechaineux|appt=9 March, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/biography/captain-emile-frank-verlaine-dechaineux Royal Australian Navy webpage on Dechaineux].</ref>|end=21 October, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|note=killed when in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Malet Armstrong|nick=John M. Armstrong|appt=29 October, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}}|name=Harley Chamberlain Wright|nick=Harley C. Wright|appt=22 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=28 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Malet Armstrong|nick=John M. Armstrong|appt=29 October, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|end=5 August, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}}|name=Harley Chamberlain Wright|nick=Harley C. Wright|appt=6 August, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=19 November, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(D84)}}
 
* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii HMAS Australia (II)] – The Royal Australian Navy webpage for ''Australia''.
 
* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii HMAS Australia (II)] – The Royal Australian Navy webpage for ''Australia''.
 
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 30 March 2022

H.M.A.S. Australia (1927)
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]
H.M.A.S. Australia was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed in the late 1920s. She served in the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

Australia was commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 295.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 292.
  9. ↑ R.A.N. page on the ship.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
  11. ↑ R.A.N. page on the ship.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 295.
  13. ↑ R.A.N. page on the ship.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 295.
  15. ↑ R.A.N. page on the ship.
  16. ↑ R.A.N. page on the ship.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 295.
  18. ↑ R.A.N. page on the ship.
  19. ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Dechaineux.
  26. ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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