Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-02 | Page 23 | Warship Scrapped

v. VRSRTF SCRAPPED, s' DNEY. N 8. Y. The da v.- of H. M S. Australia, former flagship of th Commonwealth Navy, are nurn-, e.-. d and she will be scrapped. In cordance with the Washington con-, ift-rcnca agreement, after a heroic ca-l l eer. She originally cost X. 2.H0O.O0O unu equipment for her North sea ser-1 vice Involved hundreds of thousands I Of pounds additional Fear of the Australia's 12 -inch guns kept the; German Pacific fleet from launching any attack on Australian port sdur 'int- the world war, according to naval experts. I