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- See HMAS Yarra for other ships to bear the name
The first HMAS Yarra was a "River" class torpedo-boat destroyer, and was the second ship to be built for the fledgling Commonwealth Naval Forces of Australia. She was laid down by Denny Brothers at Dumbarton, Scotland, launched 9 April 1910 by Mrs. N. J. Moore, wife of the Honourable Newton J. Moore, Premier of Western Australia, commissioned as a Royal Navy ship for the voyage to Australia on 10 September 1910 at Greenock, Scotland, and sailed for Australia in company with her sister ship HMAS Parramatta, arriving in November of the same year. On the outbreak of the First World War, Yarra, together with much of the rest of the Australian fleet, took part in operations against Germany's Pacific colonies, returning to home waters in February 1915. In May 1917, together with the rest of the Australian Destroyer Flotilla, Yarra sailed for the Mediterranean, being incorporated as a unit of the British 5th Destroyer Flotilla.
Following the end of the war, the flotilla returned to Australia, and Yarra was laid up for disposal. She was eventually sunk in 1929 off Port Jackson.
