Tasmania was one of 55 “S” class destroyers built for the British Admiralty under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program of World War I. She commissioned into the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Tasmania in January 1919. She was not long in commission, however, when she and her sister ships, Stalwart, Success, Swordsman, and Tattoo, along withContinue reading “HMAS TASMANIA”
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HMAS CANBERRA 1932 HMAS Canberra (I33/D33),
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HMAT 9A20 Geelong, HOBART 1914
Geelong was a ship which owned by the Blue Anchor Line, and, after 1910, by P&O. She was constructed in 1904 by Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd., at Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2] When originally constructed, she had accommodation for 120 saloon and 200 third-class passengers, and also carried cargo. Her gross register tonnage was 7700 (or 7,951[3])Continue reading “HMAT 9A20 Geelong, HOBART 1914”
HMAS Canberra in Hobart
HMAS Canberra (I33/D33), named after the Australian capital city of Canberra, was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) heavy cruiser of the Kent sub-class of County-class cruisers. Constructed in Scotland during the mid-1920s, the ship was commissioned in 1928, and spent the first part of her career primarily operating in Australian waters, with some deployments toContinue reading “HMAS Canberra in Hobart”
HMAS Australia, Sydney 1917
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