HMAS Swordsman

HMAS Swordsman

HMAS "Swordsman" (H11) was an Admiralty S class destroyer laid down by Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Greenock in Scotland in 1918, launched on 28 December 1918, and completed in 1919. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS "Swordsman" on 27 January 1920.

" Swordsman" paid off to reserve on 21 December 1929 and was sold on 4 June 1937.


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