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HMAS Torrens (D67)
River-class torpedo-boat destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Torrens.
HMAS Torrens, named for the River Torrens, was a River-class torpedo-boat destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The destroyer was built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard and entered service with the RAN in 1916. The destroyer was first deployed to East Asia, then the Mediterranean, where she remained for the rest of World War I. After returning to Australia, the destroyer was decommissioned, but saw use in several ports for reservist training before the decision to sell her for scrap was made. After being stripped, the destroyer was towed outside Sydney Heads, used for gunnery practice, and scuttled.
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Namesake | The River Torrens |
Builder | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
Laid down | 25 January 1913 |
Launched | 28 August 1915 |
Commissioned | 3 July 1916 |
Decommissioned | 19 July 1920 (to reserve) |
Reclassified | Training ship (1920–1925) |
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Fate | Sunk as target 24 November 1930 |
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Class and type | River-class torpedo-boat destroyer |
Displacement | 750 tons |
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Beam | 24 ft 3.625 in (7.40728 m) |
Propulsion | 3 × Yarrow boilers, Parsons turbines, 10,000 shp (7,500 kW), 3 shafts |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 2,690 nautical miles (4,980 km; 3,100 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Complement | 5 officers, 67 sailors |
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