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HMAS Franklin in 1920.

            HMAS Franklin performing the duties of Royal Yacht in June 1920.     The steam yacht Adele was built by Hawthorne and Co of Leith, Scotland, in 1906. She was employed in private ownership until 31 May 1915, when she was purchased by the Commonwealth Government for £10,750 from the estate of Henry Dutton of Kapunda, South Australia. She was subsequently commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as HMAS Franklin, named in honour of Sir John Franklin, naval officer, explorer and one time Governor of Tasmania.   Adele was a steel screw steamer that was built in 1906 as a yacht. She was twice commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy , firstly as HMAS Franklin and later as HMAS Adele. She was wrecked at Port Kembla, New South Wales on 7 May 1943. 
   

Taken on: June 24, 2019

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