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The first,
HMS ''Australia''
was an
Orlando Class Cruiser
of the
Royal Navy
completed in
1888
and scrapped in
1905
.
The second,
HMAS ''Australia''
was an
''Indefatigable'' Class
Battlecruiser
launched in 1911, shortly after the formation of the
Royal Australian Navy
and sunk in
1924
in accordance with the terms of the
Washington Naval Treaty
.
The third,
HMAS ''Australia''
was a
''County'' Class
Heavy Cruiser
launched in
1927
and broken up in
1956
.
A planned fourth HMAS ''Australia'' would have been the renamed
HMS ''Invincible''
had she been sold to the RAN.