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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1910 |
| Launched: | 25 October 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 21 June 1913 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 December 1921 |
| Fate: | Scuttled 12 April 1924 |
| Struck: | |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement: | 18,800t normal; 21,300t full load |
| Dimensions: | 590ft x 80ft x 30ft (179.83m x 24.38m x 9.14m) |
| Armament: | 8-12in 50 cal 14-4in 50 cal 2-18in TT |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbine, 4 screws |
| Speed: | 25kts @ 44,000hp |
| Range: | 6,300 miles @ 10 knots |
| Complement: | 820 |
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HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser laid down by John Brown and Company of Clydebank at Glasgow in Scotland on 26 June 1910, launched on 25 October 1911 by Lady Reid, wife of Sir George Reid, the Australian High CommissionerA High Commissioner is a person serving in a special executive capacity. Commonwealth In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High Commissioner is the senior diplomatic officer of one Commonwealth Government to another. As many Commonwealth members share the sa in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri and former Prime MinisterAlternate meaning: Prime Minister (band #A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively #A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or sem. She was completed and commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 June 1913 and sailed for Australia on 21 July 1913 and became the Australian flagship.
She missed the Battle of Jutland due to a collision with HMS New Zealand early in 1916.
Australia paid off on 12 December 1921 and, in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, was sunk with her main armament 24 miles from Sydney on 12 April 1924.
See HMAS Australia for other ships of this name.
| Indefatigable-class battlecruiser |
| Indefatigable | New Zealand | Australia |
| List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy |