OBSOLETE VESSELS
TO BE SCRAPPED. (Australian Press Association) (Received this day at 10.30. a.m.) SYDNEY, October 1. Five ships in the Australian navy now in reserve, are to be broken up. They aie the destroyers Parramatta, Yarra, Warrego, and Swan, and the former depot ship Penguin. Every ship is now classed as obsolete and the decision to scrap them is hastened by the needs for departmental economy. Each vessel has a line war record.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1929, Page 5
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