H.M.S. Australia (1886)

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H.M.S. Australia (1886)
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 21 Apr, 1885[2]
Launched: 25 Nov, 1886[3]
Commissioned: Oct, 1888[4]
Sold: 4 Apr, 1905[5]

H.M.S. Australia was one of 7 armoured cruisers of the Orlando class.

A later battle cruiser and also a heavy cruiser of the same name would serve in the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  6. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 201.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 200.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 200.
  10. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  11. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 227.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 227.
  14. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482
  15. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482
  16. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482

Bibliography


Orlando Class Armoured Cruiser
Aurora Australia Galatea Immortalité Narcissus
  Orlando Undaunted  
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