H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE
SOLD TO SHIP-BREAKERS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 9.55 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Dee. 8. H.M.A.S. Melbourne, formerly Hagship of the Australian Navy, which cost £405,000 fifteen years ago, has been sold to shipbreaking yards at Greenock, Scotland, for £25,000.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1928, Page 5
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47H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1928, Page 5
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