HMAS Warrego
Two ships of the
Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Warrego.
The first
HMAS Warrego (D-70) was a River class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited at
Govan in
Scotland, launched on
4 April 1911 and commissioned on
1 June 1912.
Warrego operated with the fleet in the search for the German Pacific Squadron, took part in the capture of the German Colonies in the South West Pacific, was present at the surrender of German New Guinea at
Rabaul on
13 September 1914, assisted in the consolidation of the Australian occupation of
New Guinea and
New Britain, served with the British Far East Patrol at Sandakan in
Borneo and
Singapore, operated in the
Mediterranean as part of the British 5th Destroyer Flotilla, operated with an Allied Squadron in the
Black Sea, and returned to
Australia on
21 May 1919.
HMAS Warrego paid off on
19 April 1928 and sank while being dismantled in
1931.
The second
HMAS Warrego was a Grimsby class
sloop.