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Building based on the design of a Fairey IIID seaplane announced in 1925, laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Australia on 16 April 1926, launched on 23 February 1928, completed on 21 December 1928, decommisioned on 26 April 1933, stricken and handed over to the Royal Navy in 1938, decommissioned on 3 August 1945, minesweeper depot ship in 1954, sold commercial use on 19 August 1946, renamed Pride of Torquay in 1947, renamed Hellenic Prince on 14 November 1948, converted into a passenger ship, in 1948, troop transport during the Mau Mau uprising (7 October 1952-21 October 1956, British Kenya) in 1953, stricken on 12 August 1954 and broken up at Hong Kong.
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