HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer

Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny and Bros. Dumbarton in 1910, to a 1909 order, for the Commonwealth Naval Forces (the predecessor of the RAN). Yarra was temporarily commissioned into the Royal Navy on completion in 1910 and handed over to Australian control on arrival in Australia. From 1914 to 1917, Yarra was involved in wartime patrols in the Pacific and South East Asian regions, before she and her sister ships were transferred to the Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine operations. She returned to Australia in 1919 and was used primarily to train naval reservists. Decommissioned into reserve then reactivated on five occasions between 1919 and 1928, Yarra was paid off for the final time in 1928 and taken to Cockatoo Island Dockyard for stripping, before being sunk as a target ship in 1932

Anti-submarine Clyde Cockatoo Commissioned Completion Decommissioned Denny Destroyer Dockyard Dumbarton Handed Hmas Involved Paid Patrols Predecessor Primarily Reactivated Regions Reservists Returned Stripping Sunk Target Temporarily Torpedo Transferred Yarra

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