Australia
- Small cruisers
- HMAS Protector (1883/84, South Australia) - Abandoned aground c. 1943
- HMAS Encounter (1902) - Scuttled 1932
- British Chatham class
- Sydney (1912) - BU 1929
- Melbourne (1912) - BU 1929
- Brisbane (1915) - Sold for BU 1936
- Adelaide (1918) - BU 1949
- Light cruisers
- British Leander (Apollo) class
- Perth (1934) - Sunk 1942
- Sydney (1934) - Sunk 1941
- Hobart (1934) - BU 1962
- Battlecruiser
- Australia (1911) - Scuttled 1924
- Heavy cruisers
- British County class
- Australia (1927) - BU 1955
- Canberra (1927) - Sunk 1942
- Shropshire (1927) - BU 1955
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