River class torpedo boat destroyer
- River class torpedo boat destroyer
The River class was to a class of torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy built just prior to World War I. These ships were the first order of new ships for the infant Commonwealth Naval Forces, and were built as a part of a scheme for local naval defence incorporating destroyers and submarines. This scheme was overtaken by the Fleet Unit scheme at the 1909 Imperial conference. All six ships of the class were named after famous Australian rivers (one from each state), starting a tradition in the RAN of naming ships after the rivers of Australia.
The first two ships were ordered by the Commonwealth government from British shipyards, with a third ordered in parts for assembly at the Cockatoo Island dockyard in Sydney, NSW. Subsequently three additional ships were ordered to be built at Cockatoo, and were completed during the war.
References
*Lind, L J "HMAS Parramatta 1910-1928" The Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1974.
ee also
*"Acheron"-class for Royal Navy ships of this type.
*River-class for a post-World War II class of RAN ships.
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