HMAS Tingira
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| HMAS Tingira moored in Rose Bay, Sydney in 1912 HMAS Tingira moored in Rose Bay, Sydney in 1912 | |
| Career (Australia) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMAS Tingira |
| Builder: | Alexander Hall & Co |
| Fate: | Scuttled off Sydney in 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,131 tons |
| Length: | 272 ft (82.9 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draught: | 27 feet (8.2 m) |
| Complement: | 250 passengers; 60-70 crew |
HMAS Tingira was a naval training ship of the Royal Australia Navy (RAN) between 1911 and 1927. Built by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, Scotland in 1866 and was known as Sobraon. Scuttled off Sydney Harbour in 1941.
History
Sobraon (1866)
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HMAS Tingira
Purchased from the NSW Government in 1911 and refitted as a training ship and renamed HMAS Tingira after an Aboriginal word for 'open sea', Tingira was moored at a swinging moor at Rose Bay between 1912 to 1927 and was used to train over 3,000 Australian sailors.
There is a small park on the Rose Bay waterfront which commemorates Tingira.[1]
She was scuttled at sea in 1941.
References
- ↑ "Tingira Memorial Park". 2009. http://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/services/parks/parks_and_playgrounds_by_alphabet/tingira_reserve. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
