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''Torrens'' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|Acheron]] class.
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'''H.M.A.S. ''Torrens''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
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==Service==
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Commissioned at Sydney on 3 July 1916.{{ANLApr19|p. 33}}
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''Torrens'' was expended as a target in 1930, along with other destroyers Australia felt it could not support in the face of the Great Depression.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:42, 17 July 2021

H.M.A.S. Torrens (1915)
Builder: Cockatoo Dockyard[1]
Launched: 28 Aug, 1915[2]
Sunk: 24 Nov, 1930[3]
Fate: as target off Sydney

H.M.A.S. Torrens was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Service

Commissioned at Sydney on 3 July 1916.[4]

Torrens was expended as a target in 1930, along with other destroyers Australia felt it could not support in the face of the Great Depression.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  4. ↑ The [Australian] Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 33.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 399p.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399o.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 951a.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 951a.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 295.

Bibliography


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Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
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