HMAS Australia

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One ship of the Royal Navy and two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Australia:

• The first, HMS Australia was an Orlando class cruiser of the Royal Navy completed in 1888 and scrapped in 1905.

• The second, HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser launched in 1911, shortly after the formation of the Royal Australian Navy and sunk in 1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.

• The third, HMAS Australia was a County class heavy cruiser launched in 1927 and broken up in 1956.

• A planned fourth HMAS Australia would have been the renamed HMS Invincible had she been sold to the RAN.