
HMAS Yarra was an Australian escort sloop of 1060 tons displacement launched in 1935 and sunk off Java in February 1942 during action with Japanese forces. HMAS Yarra carried a complement of 100 and was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type oil fuelled boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She was armed with three 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; f...
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Yarra is Australian slang for crazy, mad, insane.
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