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1924: destroyer HMAS TASMANIA in the Fitzroy Dock on Cockatoo Island - CID/RAN.
6972. Clearly taken from the well-maintained Cockatoo island Dockyard photographic records, we get a good overview of the 1,075 ton 'S' and 'T' Class destroyer HMAS TASMANIA here. Built by Wm Beardmore and Co. Ltd at Dalmuir, Scotland, she reached Australia with sister ships in April 1920, but was one of those subsequently laid up on Oct. 6, 1921 in the face of heavy Defence budget cuts. TASMANIA was recommissioned in Sept. and and a visit to New Guinea in June-July 1924, the only aspect of her service we can find taking her outside local waters. Again, we suspect there is a little more to know than the sparse public records found thus far on these ships. TASMANIA was laid up again on Jan. 9 1928, and was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937, with her sister ships. Photo: Cockatoo Island Dockyard, RAN Archives, it appears on the RAN Serapower Centre's online history webpage for HMAS TASMANIA, which can be found here: www.navy.gov.au/hmas-tasmania
1924: destroyer HMAS TASMANIA in the Fitzroy Dock on Cockatoo Island - CID/RAN.
6972. Clearly taken from the well-maintained Cockatoo island Dockyard photographic records, we get a good overview of the 1,075 ton 'S' and 'T' Class destroyer HMAS TASMANIA here. Built by Wm Beardmore and Co. Ltd at Dalmuir, Scotland, she reached Australia with sister ships in April 1920, but was one of those subsequently laid up on Oct. 6, 1921 in the face of heavy Defence budget cuts. TASMANIA was recommissioned in Sept. and and a visit to New Guinea in June-July 1924, the only aspect of her service we can find taking her outside local waters. Again, we suspect there is a little more to know than the sparse public records found thus far on these ships. TASMANIA was laid up again on Jan. 9 1928, and was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937, with her sister ships. Photo: Cockatoo Island Dockyard, RAN Archives, it appears on the RAN Serapower Centre's online history webpage for HMAS TASMANIA, which can be found here: www.navy.gov.au/hmas-tasmania