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HMAS Australia (I)

The Australian Navy’s first flagship, the battle cruiser HMAS Australia  was the centrepiece of the ‘Fleet Unit’, whose acquisition signalled the RAN’s arrival as a credible ocean-going force.

  • Commissioned
    21 June 1913
  • Decommissioned
    12 December 1921
  • Fate

    12 April 1924

HMAS Australia (I), 1913 by Gerald Maurice Burn

HMAS Australia (I), 1913

by Gerald Maurice Burn

HMAS Australia (I) in Sydney, 1916 by John Allcot

HMAS Australia (I) in Sydney, 1916

by John Allcot

HMAS Australia (l) 1913 by Charles Dixon

HMAS Australia (l) 1913

by Charles Dixon

The Passing of the Flagship, HMAS Australia (I)by John Allcot

The Passing of the Flagship, HMAS Australia (I)

by John Allcot

HMAS Australia (l) in Farm Cove by Frederick Elliott (1864-1949)

HMAS Australia (l) in Farm Cove

by Frederick Elliott

HMAS Australia (I) at the surrender of the German fleet in the Firth of Forth by Arthur Burgess

HMAS Australia (I) at the surrender of the German fleet in the Firth of Forth

by Arthur Burgess

  • Additional reading on HMAS Australia (I)
    • HMAS Australia (I), The Sea Power Centre (navy.gov.au)
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