On This Day
1919-1938 > Depresssion and between the wars
On This Day - 1919-1938
- November 24, 1930
HMAS TORRENS, (torpedo-boat destroyer), was sunk off Sydney Heads, when being used as a gunnery target for HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and CANBERRA, (cruisers).
- May 26, 1930
The Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay, NSW, was closed as a cost cutting measure, due to the affects of the Great Depression. The College was re-opened at Flinders Naval Depot, VIC, (HMAS CERBERUS), in June 1930, and was to remain on this site for the next 28 years.
- May 21, 1930
HMAS Success decommissioned and was once more placed into reserve. She was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937.
- April 9, 1930
HMAS HUON, (torpedo boat destroyer), was sunk as a target, off Sydney Heads, by HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and CANBERRA, (cruisers).
- March 19, 1930
A Seagull amphibian aircraft from HMAS ALBATROSS crashed at Roaring Beach, TAS, killing the crew.
- February 21, 1930
The annual cost of training the 45 Cadet Midshipmen at the RAN College was £60,000.
- January 11, 1930
The Australian Government agreed to the transfer of HMA Ships PARRAMATTA and SWAN, (torpedo boat destroyers), to the NSW Government for use as accommodation ships for civil prisoners. The vessels were never put to this use. The State Opposition Leader, Mr J. T. Lang, moved a successful recission vote in Parliament, claiming the convict system had been abolished in NSW in 1842.
- December 21, 1929
HMAS Swordsman decommissioned and was placed into reserve. She was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937.
- September 30, 1929
HMAS Yarra was transferred to the control of Cockatoo Island Dockyard where she was stripped of all useful fittings. Her hulk was scuttled off Sydney Heads on Thursday 11 June 1931.
- September 24, 1929
The London, (County), class cruiser HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (CAPT R. W. Oldham, RN), was commissioned. SHROPSHIRE was laid down in Wm Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, Scotland, on 24 February 1926, and launched on 5 July 1928. HMS SHROPSHIRE was gifted to the RAN as a replacement for HMAS CANBERRA on 25 June 1943.