The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The first class torpedo boat HMAS Countess of Hopetoun of seventy five tons displacement which was launched in 1891 and formed part of the Commonwealth Naval Forces at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. During the greater part of 1918 she was part of the Australian Coastal Patrol guarding the Australian coast with her area of responsibility being Port Phillip.
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1892-07-25. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE VICTORIAN FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOAT COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN. SHE WAS COMMISSIONED BY LAUNCHING A TORPEDO TO SMASH A BOTTLE OF CHAMP
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1912. PORT BOW QUARTER VIEW OF THE FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOAT HMAS COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN. NOTE THE BOW TORPEDO TUBE. AFTER SERVING IN THE PORT PHILLIP BAY AREA DURING WORLD WAR 1 THE
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1920. STARBOARD BOW QUARTER VIEW OF THE FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOAT HMAS COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN READY FOR THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. NOTE THE BOW TORPEDO TUBE. AFTER SERVING IN
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. PORT FORWARD QUARTER VIEWS OF THE VICTORIAN FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOATS HMVS CHILDERS (FOREGROUND) AND COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN (RIGHT BACKGROUND). BOTH VESSELS WERE BUILT IN LONDON. CHIL
MELBOURNE, VIC. C. 1900. TORPEDO BOATS CHILDERS (CENTRE) AND COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN (RIGHT). IN THE FOREGROUND IS A SELF RIGHTING, SELF DRAINING LIFEBOAT WHICH FORMED PART OF THE SHORE BASED RESCUE SERV
PORT PHILLIP BAY(?), VIC, C. 1910. FIRST-CLASS TORPEDO BOAT THE CHILDERS, BUILT 1883 IN LONDON, ACQUIRED 1884 BY THE STATE OF VICTORIA. SHE BECAME PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH NAVAL FORCES IN 1901, AFTER
