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HMAS Australia
One ship of the
Royal Navy
and two ships of the
Royal Australian Navy
have borne the name
Australia
:
The first,
HMS
Australia
, (a
Royal Navy
ship styled HMS as the
Royal Australian Navy
had not yet been formed) was an Orlando class cruiser completed in
1888
and scrapped in
1905
.
The second,
HMAS
Australia
(now styled HMAS after the formation of the
Royal Australian Navy
in
1911
) was an
Indefatigable
class
battlecruiser
launched in 1911 and sunk in
1924
in accordance with the terms of the
Washington Naval Treaty
.
The third,
HMAS
Australia
was a
County
class
heavy cruiser
launched in
1927
and broken up in
1956
.
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