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HMVS ''Countess of Hopetoun'' was a 1st Class Torpedo Boat of the
Victorian Naval Forces Before Federation in 1901 five of the six separate colonies maintained their own naval forces for defence. The colonial navies were supported by the ships of the Royal Navy's Australian Station which was established in 1859. The separate colonie ...
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and the Royal Australian Navy. She was named after Hersey, Countess of Hopetoun and later Marchioness of Linlithgow, the wife of the 7th Earl of Hopetoun, the then Governor of Victoria and later the first
Governor-General of Australia The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Yarrow and Co. on the River Thames, ''Countess of Hopetoun'' was the last vessel constructed for the Victorian Naval Forces. She arrived at Williamstown, Victoria via the
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after 154 days under way. The vessel joined the Commonwealth Naval Forces following federation in 1901, then the Royal Australian Navy when it was formed in 1911. During World War I she served in Victorian waters and as a tender to HMAS ''Cerberus''. She attended the arrival of His Royal Highness Edward, The Prince of Wales in Port Phillip on 28 May 1920. The prince arrived aboard the battlecruiser and was received by no less than 31 warships.


Fate

''Countess of Hopetoun'' was sold to Edward Hill of North Melbourne in April 1924 and scrapped the following year. Her hull was later sunk near Swan Island in Port Phillip.


See also

* List of Victorian Naval Forces ships * Colonial navies of Australia – Victoria *
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References


Bibliography

*''Warships of Australia,'' Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977, *''All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905'', edited by Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway Maritime Press, 1979. {{DEFAULTSORT:Countess of Hopetoun Torpedo boats of the Victorian Naval Forces Torpedo boats of the Royal Australian Navy 1891 ships