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Show AUSTRALIAN SHIPS JOIN ENGLISH FLEET SHANGHAI A g 11 Seve al Aus tra an wa sh ps 1 a e jo ned the Brit sh sq adro n East As at c waters T e naval forces of he A stra an com monwea th In Ju y comp sed the batt e sh p cru ser Aus a a of 19 00 tons w th an armament of e ght twe ve nch guns sixteen fou inch g ns and four t ree pounder guns S e ca r es a comp ement of about 900 men Bes des th s fi st c ass vessel Austral a ha severa others n con miss on The turret sh p Cerberus of 3S40 tons has four ten inch guns two fourteen pounder and two s x pounder guns The Encounter a Ug t c uiser of 5880 tons carries vleven s x Inch e ght twelve pounder and one three pounder guns The Me bour e a 1 ght cru ser of 5600 tons carr es e ght s x nch and four th ee pounder guns with a c ew of 376 The Pioneer a 1 ght cru ser of 2200 tons carries e ght fou Inch and e ght t ree pounde guns and a crew of 227 The bydney a 1 ght cru ser of 5000 tons carr es e ght six nch and fou three po nder guns and a crew of 276 The torpedo boat destroyers Derwent, Parramatta "Warrogo and Tarra are of 700 tons eac and 1 a e crews of s xty s x men They are verj fast The e are a so tl e gunboats Gayundah and Protecto and se e al submarines |