HMAS Torrens
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Torrens, after the River Torrens
- HMAS Torrens (D-67) was a River class torpedo boat destroyer commissioned in 1916, decommissioned into reserve in 1920, and sunk as a target in 1930.
- HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River class destroyer escort commissioned in 1971, decommissioned in 1998, and sunk as a target in 1999.
- One of the Adelaide class frigates was to be named HMAS Torrens, but at a point between 1982 and 1993 the decision was made to name the ship HMAS Melbourne.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ MacDougall, Anthony K. [1991] (2002). Australians at war: a pictoral history, 2nd (revised and expanded), Noble Park, Vic: The Five Mile Press, pg 344. ISBN 1-86503-865-2.
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