HMAS Shropshire

Following the loss of the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS CANBERRA in 1942, the British Government approved the transfer of SHROPSHIRE to Australia as a replacement. She commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 20 April 1943 at Chatham as HMAS SHROPSHIRE where she subsequently saw action during the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle of Linyagen Gulf. SHROPSHIRE was present at Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 for the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.

HMAS SHROPSHIRE remained in service until paid off to reserve on 10 November 1949. She was sold as scrap on 16 July 1954, to Thomas W. Ward Limited of Sheffield in England. A Dutch tug, OOSTZEE, towed SHROPSHIRE from Sydney in October 1954. She arrived at the Dalmuir yard of the shipbreakers Arnott Young on 20 January 1955.

HMAS Shropshire Artwork Collection
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