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Revision as of 20:47, 3 April 2017

H.M.A.S. Yarra (1910)
Builder: Denny[1]
Launched: 8 Apr, 1910[2]
Commissioned: 8 Sep, 1910[3]
Dismantled: Oct, 1929[4]
Fate: at Cockatoo Dockyard[5]

H.M.A.S. Yarra was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Service

She was temporarily in the Royal Navy, but transferred to Australian control upon arrival "down under".

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. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 398a.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 398a.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 951a.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 951a.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 951a.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
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