HMAS Torrens

HMAS Torrens

Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Torrens, after the River Torrens.

  • HMAS Torrens (D67), a River class torpedo boat destroyer commissioned in 1916, decommissioned in 1920, and sunk as a target in 1930
  • HMAS Torrens (naval base), a naval depot at Port Adelaide, South Australia, operated from 1940 to 1964
  • HMAS Torrens (DE 53), a River class destroyer escort commissioned in 1971, decommissioned in 1998, and sunk as a target in 1999
  • One of the Adelaide class frigates was to be named HMAS Torrens, but at a point between 1982 and 1993 the decision was made to name the ship HMAS Melbourne.

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