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Name Official number Flag IMO
YARRA    AUS   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1910  09/04/1910  10/09/1910 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Destroyer  Steel Steam Turbine 1 Mast 
Builder Yard Yard no
William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton   899 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 498 disp 245.0 ft  24.3 ft  14.9 ft   
Engine builder Denny & Company, Dumbarton
Engine detail
3-shaft Parsons Turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers, oil, 16,000shp giving 28 knots
Engine No. 707. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Royal Australian Navy.     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Destroyer, Acheron Class, Australian Group - 79 
Remarks
Acheron class. Australian type.
1x4"BLQF Gun - 3x12Pdr.(3x1) - 3x18" single Torpedo Tubes.  
End year Fate / Status
1932  Target 22/08/1932 
Disposal Detail
dismantled and hulk was sunk as a target on 22/8/1932.  
 

 

Yarra-Paramatta 1910 arriving Port Adelaide
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Yarra
Image courtesy of :  Green Collection – State of Victoria Library

Yarra repairs at Livorno 1918.
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