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Sunday, 14 January 2024

Australian destroyer HMAS Warrego D70 1909-1928 (1931)

Auckland Weekly News. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19110105-06-04

River-class. Building ordered in 1909, laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, completed for launching condition disassembled, transported to Australia, laid down at Cockatoo Island in December 1910, launched on 4 April 1911, completed and commissioned on 1 June 1912, decommissioned in 1928, became an accommodation hulk, sunk on 23 July 1931 and blown up underwater using charges.

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