HMAS Sydney became the first Australian warship to have aircraft capability when she was fitted with a launching platform at Chatham Dockyard. Mounted immediately behind and partly over the forward 6 inch gun it was the first revolving platform to be installed on a warship.
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1917
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