HMS Wallaroo was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Persian, built by Armstrong, Mitchell, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne...

Western Australia a town in Australia The "Wallaroos", the Australia women's national rugby union team HMS Wallaroo (1890), a Pearl-class cruiser active off...

up in 1866. HMS Persian (1890) was a Pearl-class cruiser launched in 1890 and shortly afterwards before completion renamed HMS Wallaroo. In 1919 she...

appointed to command the cruiser HMS Wallaroo in April 1891, which command he held until 4 November 1891. Wallaroo served as part of the Auxiliary Squadron...

Renamed HMS Mildura. Sold for scrap in 1906. Persian 1890 Renamed HMS Wallaroo and then HMS Wallington. Changed back to original in 1920 before being sold...

Great War, the Royal Navy maintained a naval base in the town (HMS Wallaroo, later HMS City of Perth), from where it installed, guarded, and maintained...

cruiser HMS Wallaroo which was attached in 1915–1916, manpower varied from about 300 to 500. The shore base was initially named HMS Wallaroo (after the...

1896, and commanded the protected cruiser HMS Wallaroo. He was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Diana on 15 January 1901, as she was commissioned...

successive commands of the protected cruiser HMS Aeolus, the cruiser HMS Wallaroo, and the protected cruiser HMS Diadem. In March 1899 he was appointed in...

Handsley joined the Royal Navy on 24 December 1901 aged 15. Whilst serving on HMS Ringarooma at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, he joined the British National...