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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant-Commander|name=Herbert Victor Creer|nick=Herbert V. Creer|appt=12 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 951''a''}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant-Commander|name=Herbert Victor Creer|nick=Herbert V. Creer|appt=14 January, 1926{{NLFeb26|p. 295}}|end=}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-torrens-i RAN page on the ship]
 
* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-torrens-i RAN page on the ship]
 
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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


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Yarrow Specials
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Thornycroft Specials
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Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
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Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
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