NAVY OF AUSTRALIA
THREE NEW DESTROYERS BUILDING PLANNED (Reed. Dec. 27, 2.40 D.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. Three tribal class destroyers which the Commonwealth has decided to build will be constructed at t the Cockatoo Island dockyard, Sydney.
These ships will be of the latest type, which have just been added to the Royal Navy. They will be of 870 tons and equipped with eight 4.7 in. guns and four 21in. torpedo tubes. The total estimated cost is £3,521,000.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20131, 28 December 1939, Page 11
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78NAVY OF AUSTRALIA Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20131, 28 December 1939, Page 11
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