HMAS Tasmania

HMAS Tasmania

HMAS "Tasmania" (H25) was an Admiralty S class destroyer laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 18 December 1917, launched on 22 November 1918, and completed in 1919. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1919 and commissioned as HMAS "Tasmania" on 27 January 1920.

"Tasmania" paid off to reserve on 9 January 1928 and was sold on 4 June 1937.


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