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HMS ''Suva'' was an Armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy during World War I. She was also commissioned briefly into the Royal Australian Navy before being returned to her owners.〔 She was sold in 1928 and renamed ''Sirius'' and sold again in 1929 and renamed ''Bohol''. An Imperial Japanese air raid on Manila in 1942 during the Second World War sank her.〔 ==Career== Built by Workman, Clark and Company, Belfast she was launched in 1906 for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company and used on the Australia-Fiji run and coastal passenger service from Brisbane.〔 She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 20 July 1915 and converted into an armed boarding steamer at Garden Island, New South Wales. She was armed with two QF 4.7 inch naval guns, with a third being fitted in Colombo.〔 ''Suva'' was part of the Red Sea Patrol during the First World War and was paid off on 19 December 1919.〔Gilbert, 〕 She was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 23 June 1919, equipped with two QF 3 pounder naval guns, as HMAS ''Suva'', for transporting Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Jellicoe to the Australia Station and Pacific Islands.〔 ''Suva'' was paid off on 12 August and was returned to her owners.〔 ''Suva'' was sold in July 1928 to Madrigal and Company, Manila, and renamed ''Sirius''. She was later resold in December 1929 to Fernandez Bros., who renamed her ''Bohol''. A Japanese air attack in Manila Bay sank her on 16 April 1942. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Suva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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