HMAS Stalwart (H14)

HMAS Stalwart (H14)

HMAS "Stalwart" (H14) was an Admiralty S class destroyer laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited of Wallsend-on-Tyne in April 1918, launched on 23 October 1918, completed in 1919, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy at "Devonport" on 27 January 1920. Despite being built on the orders of the Admiralty for British service, "Stalwart" was never commissioned in the Royal Navy.

"Stalwart" was at one stage to be renamed "Darwin", but this never eventuated. "Stalwart" spent the majority of RAN service life in port and on the east coast of Australia.

"Stalwart" paid off to reserve on 1 December 1925 and was sold for scrap on 4 June 1937 to Penguins Ltd. The hulk of "Stalwart" was sunk outside Sydney Heads in 1937, after being filled with 300 tons of rotten onions.Fact|date=February 2008


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