Australia
New Zealand
An item referred to the magazine Engineering reporting that the two armoured cruisers for the Colonies had a displacement of 19.100 tons, a horsepower of 44.000 hp, a speed of 25 miles and an armament of 8-30,5cm guns and 16-10,2cm guns.(1)
Note
1. Thus be the Indefatigable-class battle cruiser Australia (Her building was ordered on (9 December 1909 at the yard of John Brown&Company at Clydebank with building number 402, laid down on 26 June 1910, launched on 25 October 1911, commissioned on 21 June 1913, decommissioned on 12 December 1921 and scuttled on 12 April 1924) and New Zealand (funded by the government of New Zealand and presented to the United Kingdom although she was not earlier completely paid in the 1944-1945 financial year. Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan, Scotland on 20 June 1910, launched on 1 July 1911, commissioned in the Royal British Navy on 19 November 1912, paid off and in reserve since 15 March 1920and considered to be outdated regarded the newest battle cruisers and sold to be broken up on 19 December 1922).
