Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/February 25

The first HMAS Torrens was a River class torpedo boat destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales on 25 January 1913, launched on 28 August 1915 and commissioned on 3 July 1916. Torrens paid off into reserve on 19 July 1920 and was based on Westernport for RAN Reserve Training from June 1924 to mid March 1925. During the general reduction in naval activity during the depression it was decided to scrap the entire class and she was towed to sea for use as a Fleet Gunnery Practice Target on 24 November 1930. She withstood considerable shelling before being sunk by a charge of gelignite.