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HMAS Torrens

The River class was to a class of torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy built just prior to World War I. All six ships of the class were named after famous Australian rivers (one from each state), starting a tradition in the RAN of naming ships after the rivers of Australia. The first three ships - Parramatta, Warrego and Yarra - were initially ordered for the British Royal Navy as Acheron-class vessels, but transferred to the RAN before completion and replaced by three new orders for the RN. Australian yards produced the remaining three ships.