(Belt): 102mm (3") Post refit trials and training on the Seacat system occupied the early months of 1965 and by April 1965, Yarra once again departed for service with the Strategic Reserve. Many of those at the citation ceremony were children of the crew of the Yarra. "Each did their duty to the utmost, conquering fear, driven on the job, driven by professionalism and compassion," Mrs Bryce said. National Archives of Australia acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. In March 1942, while on convoy escort duty, it encountered a Japanese battle group of three heavy cruisers and three destroyers. She went down with 138 souls after a ferocious fight against overwhelming odds. [3], Yarra, along with sister ships Parramatta and Warrego, were ordered on 6 February 1909; the first ships to be ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces, the post-Federation amalgamation of the Australian colonial navies. Booklet from the launch of Torpedo Boat Destroyer HMAS Yarra. The Strand, Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria 3015 Australia, $$ - $$$ Cafe Australian Vegetarian Friendly, $$ - $$$ Wine Bar Vegetarian Friendly, $$ - $$$ Asian Thai Vegetarian Friendly. The search for final details (funnel markings, placement of torpedo tubes, confirmation that the cowl vents were removeable to accommodate the movement of the torpedo tubes, the ship's correct number and placement, and panelling detail on doors) led Walker and the Memorial, in early 1950, to search out and interview ex-crew members of the Yarra, as well as the original ship builders. Ledgers were completed quarterly for each ship, or shore establishment. Two descendants of the two commanders who led HMAS Yarra into the two battles noted on the citation were also present at the ceremony. On this work it was the destroyers' responsibility, in cooperation with British and French destroyers, to prevent the passage of enemy submarines through the Adriatic Narrows into the Mediterranean and to give safe transit to the passage of Italian transports to and from Albania. Spending the first 12 months of the war in Australian waters, in August 1940 the Yarra was posted to join Red Sea Force at the . "Even when they knew there could only be one outcome they fought to the end.". During the deployment Yarra assisted HMS Ajax in the search and rescue of personnel from a Royal Air Force Shackleton which had ditched west of Sumatra, escorted HMAS Sydney (III) to Vietnam and visited the Indian Ocean. HMAS Yarra I (D79) was a River class torpedo boat destroyer HMAS Yarra II (U77) was a Grimsby class sloop The rest is history. THe Yarra served in Libya and the East Indies, what we would call Indonesia. Of Yarra's complement During the early period of their tour of duty the enemy, whose submarines were based on Pola at the head of the Adriatic, was fairly active and detection and the subsequent hunt was a common occurrence. Huon(I), Parramatta(I) and Yarra(I) were fitted with captive observer balloons whose object was to detect the lurking submarine while another destroyer stood by ready to act as 'killer'. As part of the 4th Cruiser the Ship Data and Specifications below Ship Building trust in the public record policy, Getting started with information management, Royal Australian Navy ship and crew records, the approximate service period of the individual, remarks about punishments or qualifications, any incidents occurring on board during tours of duty, the design, construction and maintenance of vessels, ships' logs from 1855 onwards, in a number of series, records on design, construction and maintenance (including. In preparation for the daily Last Post Ceremony. 0000697425 00000 n The memorial commemorates the men who gave their lives in the line of duty.. HMAS Yarra(I) was one of six River Class Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Australian Navy during the period 1909-16. Built in the United Kingdom by Denny Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland with a displacement of 700 tons and a speed of 26 knots, Yarra was commissioned in September 1910. HMAS Yarra Number: np-Yarra-3 Scale: 1:600 Type: Nameplates Released: 2020 New tool Topic: Frigate Type 12M-class Frigates (Ships) Designed for. the opening salvoes passed overhead. %PDF-1.4 % On March 04, 1942 One sloop of the Royal A. 0000266274 00000 n 5505. 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Visits to San Diego, Long Beach, Esquimalt, Vancouver and San Francisco followed and Yarra returned to Australia in June via Pearl Harbor, Suva and Apia. very little water as they drifted, burning by day and freezing They had made the spud . it ahead on the leading destroyer, now closing in for Great Ocean Road Tour Plus Koalas, Forest Walk And Morning Tea. Yarra again sailed for Strategic Reserve service in March 1963 and participated in the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Exercise SEA SERPENT during the deployment. It was, of course, a hopeless battle but rarely has an engagement been so gallant. A long depth charge chute containing depth charges is mounted to the stern, overhanging the rear rails. the range and pounded the brave little sloop until she Data - HMAS Yarra - Grimsby Class Sloop, Displacement damaged by US air attack while covering the movement of Japanese author's material is copied or published - Contact (normal): 41,878tnes (41,217t), Displacement The first half of 1969 was taken up with a refit at Williamstown, with sea trials and local area exercises occupying the period of July to October. She carried out escort and patrol duties and on 5 February performed a particularly fine piece of rescue work when she took 1800 survivors off the burning troopship Empress of Asia. In June and July Yarra was employed on guard ship duty off the Tawau area. of four, the others being Chokai, Atago and Maya. There CMDR Harrington took passage on the troopship in Singapore harbour by British midget submarines and was so 0000218830 00000 n 1942, she formed part of the japanese carrier force at the Battle 10x203mm; 4x12Omm. 0000095768 00000 n Yarra exercised with her sister ship Parramatta for the remainder of the year and made her first operational visit to New Zealand in November and December. at the amount of punishment she could endure before she finally 0000218988 00000 n Arrival of the Royal Australian Fleet Programme. This years service commenced with Vicki Birkhead, granddaughter of survivor Bruce Cairncross, proudly handing over the HMAS Yarra II banner her grandmother had made for the survivors to march under upon their return to Australia. Further exercises with Indonesian naval forces were conducted in the Darwin area during November and Yarra (III) arrived back in Sydney on 29 November 1984 after an absence of 16 weeks. There was no food and the kill. Work undertaken included the installation of the Ikara missile system. The launching of Yarra (III) by Lady McBride, wife of the Minister for Defence on 30 September 1958 at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne. This number is based on the percentage of all Tripadvisor reviews for this product that have a bubble rating of 4 or higher. 1997 - 2003 Gun Plot. [2] Yarra's designed maximum speed was 26 knots (48km/h; 30mph) (although she achieved a full knot higher during full-speed trials), and she had a cruising speed of 11.5 knots (21.3km/h; 13.2mph), giving the ship a range of 2,690 nautical miles (4,980km; 3,100mi). that they had been overtaken by Kondo's Squadron of three Cruisers Following a period of self maintenance and final deployment preparations, Yarra departed Sydney in September 1967 on a six month deployment to the Far East Station. In December all three ships proceeded up the Sepik River, and in January 1915 visited Morobe, Finsch Harbour and other points on the coast, cruising also to neighbouring island groups including the Admiralties. In June 1944 she participated in the Battle of the Philippine To fight and win . Hoisting the flags presented by Mayoress and Ladies of Richmond, Victoria, to the Commonwealth Destroyer Yarra. The final year of Yarras long career began with trials of the Sonar Acquisition Display System (SADS) with HMAS Otway (II). These were followed by participation in local area exercises. - there were just 13 survivors. endstream endobj 59 0 obj <>/Metadata 12 0 R/Pages 11 0 R/StructTreeRoot 14 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 60 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89]/Type/Page>> endobj 61 0 obj <> endobj 62 0 obj [/ICCBased 84 0 R] endobj 63 0 obj <> endobj 64 0 obj <> endobj 65 0 obj <>stream by a Dutch submarine, thus concluding one of the R.A.Ns finest We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. was given. direct hit on the lead Cruiser At the Memorial's request, this model was detailed to reflect the Yarra's appearance when serving as part of the Australian flotilla on anti-submarine duties in the Adriatic Sea in 1917-1918; this is reflected in the addition of the depth charge throwers, the depth charge chute, and the removal of the rear torpedo tube to accomodate the chute. Webmaster Here. "It certainly affected my mother badly. 0000002882 00000 n Cant, RAN) and the sloops HMAS Swan (Lt.Cdr. We hold several sources of information on RAN ships. Her return to Australia in April 1970 was short lived and after a three month mid cycle docking Yarra again departed for Strategic Reserve service in September 1970. 0000157981 00000 n Speed (knots): 16.5. During this deployment, which was completed in September 1965, Yarra spent two months conducting anti-infiltration patrols in Malayan and Borneo waters during the Indonesian Confrontation. 0000507207 00000 n Mr Taylor says survivors have told him it was because of his great uncle's actions they were able to escape. Royal Australian Navy. The Yarra was called a sloop; in other words, it was a small ship. Luzon in December 1941, and also the landings in the Dutch East 0 A pair of brass support pedestals are attached to the bottom of the hull, for display purposes. He had two Ordinary Seamen left in his Guns Crew and at the 'abandon ship' he sent them aft to save themselves. Squadron Leader Ruth Sagrott has seen firsthand the impact of losing loved ones to cancer, which inspired her to coordinate a team for the 2023 Relay. 0000001236 00000 n not before Yarra had scored at least one The HMAS Yarra was a sloop, it was launched from the Cockatoo Dockyard in Sydney Harbour in 1936. The ship has undergone nine refits and 13 dockings. (Atago, Takao, and Maya) and four destroyers. any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of the [1] The destroyer was powered by three Yarrow oil-burning boilers connected to Parsons turbines, which delivered 10,000 shaft horsepower to three propeller shafts. The remainder of Yarra (I)'s seagoing service was spent in Australian waters where she was used as a training ship. 93% of travelers recommend this experience. 0000071857 00000 n Finally, with everything resolved, the model was finished on 30 October 1950 and delivered to the Memorials Melbourne offices a month later. 2 rafts the brave ship's survivors watched the end, marvelling The first half of 1982 saw Yarra participate in local area exercises and deploy to Hawaii for Exercise RIMPAC 82. Any thought This is a list of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessels which were damaged or sunk causing loss of life, in warlike and non-warlike circumstances. References to many ledgers appear at item level on RecordSearch. Ledgers often include individual crew lists for each vessel. This number is based on the percentage of all Tripadvisor reviews for this product that have a bubble rating of 4 or higher. These generally involve requisitioned vessels. The Australian Destroyer Flotilla was based at the port of Brindisi in southern Italy, and from October 1917 spent much of the following year conducting patrols as part of the blockade of the Adriatic Sea. 0000001541 00000 n Harrington, DSO., whilst alongside HMAS Yarra - all of the complement who served in the Empress of Asia action and in its final action. On 4 March 1942, while on escort duty, it engaged a Japanese fleet of three cruisers and three destroyers.. This was a prelude to a main refit which commenced in December 1971 and saw Yarra in dockyard hands until October 1972. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. In March 1967, Hobart became the first RAN combat ship deployed to fight in the Vietnam War. The Yarra was struck by shells, badly damaged and set on fire, but the crew continued to fight on. On 4 March 1942, HMAS Yarra was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron in a gallant but hopeless defence of her convoy in the Indian Ocean, south of Java. Yarras last day at sea was 8 November 1985, when she sailed for the day with seven survivors from HMAS Yarra (II) on board. But We pay our respects to elders past and present. During World War I they formed the Australian Destroyer Flotilla. From Ismid, Yarra(I) was sent to the Black Sea where she visited, in December 1918, Batum, Novorossiisk and Sebastapol. The Yarra, whose main armanent was three 4-inch guns, was outgunned by the Japanee fleet. Accession Number: On 23 August 1915 the destroyers returned to Sydney for refit. She remarried but I don't think she ever found the love of her life.". 0000001710 00000 n For several months after the return from New Guinea, the Australian Destroyer Flotilla (Commander C Cumberlege RN (in Warrego(I))) remained in Australian waters. HMAS Yarra recommissions at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, 16 December 1977. Navy personnel recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of one of the darkest periods of WWII. The memorial has been placed where the River Yarra enters the sea. All rights reserved. During World War I they formed the Australian Destroyer Flotilla. What hotels are near HMAS Yarra II Memorial? [1] She was also fitted with three .303-inch machine guns and three single 18-inch torpedo tubes. <<9D148DA01D51904C8571BF22F582E661>]/Prev 904675/XRefStm 1541>> Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, Yarra took part in operations against the German Pacific colonies, including patrol operations in New Guinea waters in company with HMA ships Parramatta and Warrego. x .5-inch MG, 2 x DCTs, 2 x DCCs, Built Although it was outgunned and slower than the Japanese battle group, it attacked them head on to allow the convoy to escape. Photo: Leading SeamanJames McDougall. 0000027211 00000 n Early 1980 saw Yarra depart for Exercise RIMPAC 80 which was conducted in both Hawaiian waters and during transit from Hawaii to the west coast of the United States. Ledgers were completed quarterly for each ship, or shore establishment. [2] Yarra returned to Australia on 8 May 1916, and patrolled home waters until May 1917, when she and her sister ships were ordered to Malta. Commanding Officer of HMAS Yarra (a lightly A month later the ship made its final stand. With starboard wheel on, Yarra breaks away at speed. by Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, INJS Ordered in 1909 for the Commonwealth Naval Forces (the predecessor of the RAN), Yarra was temporarily commissioned into the Royal Navy on completion in 1910 and handed over to Australian control on arrival in Australia. Lieutenant Commander Jason Dawson, Commanding Officer of the current HMAS YarraIV, along with his crew, were originally scheduled to join us here today, and I am sure everyone will understand when I explain they have just sailed to support those in greater need on Operation Flood Assist, Captain Morthorpe said. On 6 March 1919, in company of HMA Ships Melbourne(I), Huon(I), Parramatta(I) and Warrego(I), she sailed for Australia, joined by Swan(I) and Torrens(I) at Malta. He had come to the attention of the Memorial after his ship models were seen by the sculptor Ray Ewers, then working on aspects of the Memorials dioramas. HMAS Yarra III crew. Prevost, RN) and HMAS Yarra (Lt.Cdr. Behind the mast is a set of brass steering gear - a wheel, binnacle and compass - duplicating the bridge controls, and aft of this section is a third 12 pounder QF gun, facing aft, on a raised wooden deck. In preparation for the daily Last Post Ceremony. The Chief of Navy accepted the unit citation for gallantry on behalf of the crew of HMAS Yarra (II) which was presented by Governor General Quentin Bryce at a ceremony in Melbourne. scored a direct hit on the destroyer. 0000082836 00000 n 0000070826 00000 n Yarra II survived until it could no longer fight; 138 men died, only 13 of the crew survived. Ordinary Seaman Jack Archibald is a HMAS YARRA survivor)) For the next five days YARRA'S survivors floated on the tiny rafts that they had managed to launch. Yarra recommissioned on 16 December 1977 under the command of Commander WSG Sam Bateman, RAN. In August 1940 she left for the Middle East where she was used on patrol and escort duties. HMAS Yarra, named for the Yarra River, was a River-class torpedo-boat destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Agreement on cost (126 pounds), scale, sources and the period represented (anti-submarine service in the Adriatic from October 1917 to October 1918) was reached in March 1949. 0000133046 00000 n to lay a smoke screen between his convoy and the enemy, She was commissioned on March 1, 2003. 0000073136 00000 n badly damaged by their charges that she sank. HMAS Yarra was built at Cockatto Island in Sydney and launched in 1935 and came into service in 1946.Initial duties were around Australia and in the Middle East in WW2.In 1942 she transferred to the Pacific and undertook escort and patrol duties and on March 4, 1942 she was sunk by a Japanese Cruiser Squadron south of Java with 138 people lost including the captain.It is excellent there is a memorial to the ship and the people lost and it is at the entrance of the Yarra River, but sad that the area is not well maintained, very little signage leading to the memorial and the jetty nerby is rusted , tired and untidy. she was ordered to sail as an escort for a convoy of three ships This number is based on the percentage of all Tripadvisor reviews for this product that have a bubble rating of 4 or higher. (Deck): 76.2mm (3") On 27 July 1982 Yarra celebrated her 21st birthday. slid beneath the waves. Later, however, the enemy effort diminished and eventually the patrol became routine uneventful steaming. Yarra making a replenishment approach on HMAS Brisbane during exercises in 1984. In June Ship Data - HMAS Yarra - Grimsby Class Sloop. of Midway, which saw the turn of the tide in the Pacific war. Treloar's request for Walker to include a deployed captive observer balloon (known as Caquot balloons, used in the Mediterranean for submarine spotting), was abandoned due to lack of plans and practical display difficulties. How much extra could mortgage repayments be, now the cash rate is 3.85 per cent? HMAS Yarra alongside with HMAS Parramatta. 2 x Limbo triple-barrelled anti-submarine mortars (1 later removed). 95% of travelers recommend this experience. at this time was 285 miles South of Java, yet it became obvious Serving Valiantly with the allies, many of the commonwealth navies are often overlooked. (Supplied: Australian War Memorial) A month later the ship made its final stand. Can the town's traditional owners bring it to an end? The Navy says each of the ships was superior to HMAS Yarra in fighting strength and speed. Visits to Balikpapan, Manila, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Surabaya followed before participation in Exercise SANDGROPER 84 off Western Australia. Visible. or any other modern web browser.

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