FOR THE SHIPBREAKERS
FIVE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VESSELS
CLASSED AS OBSOLETE
■teed. 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. Five ships of the Australian Navy which are now in reserve are to be broken up. They are the destroyers Parramatta, Yarra, Warrego, and Swan, and the depot-ship Penguin. Every ship is now classed as obsolete, and the decision to scrap them is hastened by the need for departmental economy. Each vessel has a fine war record.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 782, 1 October 1929, Page 9
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72FOR THE SHIPBREAKERS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 782, 1 October 1929, Page 9
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