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HMAS Australia (II)
Armament * 8 x 8-inch guns * 8 x 4-inch guns * 4 x 3-pounder guns
Badge Crest Australia2.gif +
Battle-honours * Rabaul 1914 * North Sea 1915-18 * Atlantic 1940-41 * Pacific 1941-43 * Coral Sea 1942 * Savo Island 1942 * Guadalcanal 1942 * New Guinea 1942-44 * Leyte Gulf 1944 * Lingayen Gulf 1945
Beam 68 feet4inches  +
Builder John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, Scotland  +
Class County Class +
Commissioned 24 April 1928  +
Company 679  +
Completed April 1928  +
Decommissioned 31 August 1954  +
Displacement 10,000 tons(standard)  +
Draught 16 feet3inches(mean),21feet8inches(maximum)  +
Horsepower 80,000  +
Laid down 26 August 1925  +
Launched 17 March 1927  +
Length 630 feet(overall)  +
Machinery * Brown-Curtis Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 1 April 2011 01:17:04  +
Photo Australia2-1.jpg +
Range 10,400 miles(11–14knots)  +
Ship-status history  +
Speed 31 ½knots  +
Type Cruiser +
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